Garry Conille, United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya./ Courtesy

Kenya’s jobs deficit is a warning Kenya can’t afford to ignore

Kenya faces a widening gap between new workers and available jobs. Experts urge stronger links between education, skills and industry. MSMEs, manufacturing and agriculture could unlock large scale employment. Kenya is producing young people for a labour market that is simply not creating opportunities fast enough. That is the uncomfortable reality laid bare by United…

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Diaspora Affairs PS Roseline Njogu speaks during a past event.-Photo/courtesy

PS Njogu urges Kenyans to register with migration authority

Kenyans seeking jobs abroad urged to use licensed recruitment agencies. Government says Kazi Majuu has opened overseas jobs for thousands of Kenyans. Youth encouraged to gain technical skills and secure valid passports. The government has advised Kenyans to ensure they register with the Safe Labour Migration Authority before travelling abroad in order to avoid being…

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Lucy Achieng, one of the women who underwent training on entrepreneurship in Homa Bay County.- Photo courtesy

How a Homa Bay mother traded alcohol abuse for a tailoring dream

Oyugis mother turns her life around after overcoming alcohol abuse through skills training. Savings from the programme helped Lucy Achieng launch a tailoring business. She now supports her family and hopes to pursue professional fashion design training. A social-emotional skills programme has helped a young mother in Oyugis, Homa Bay County, overcome alcohol abuse, rebuild…

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Principal Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Raymond Omollo

Government targets 450 youth in new peacebuilding livelihoods plan

450 youth and women to receive skills training and livelihood support across five counties. Training will focus on local opportunities including ICT, tourism, aquaculture, beekeeping and handicrafts. Government will link beneficiaries to financing, mentorship, markets and enterprise support. The government has launched a skills development and livelihood programme targeting 450 vulnerable youth and women in…

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chairman Tourism fund board trustees Samson Some addressing the media

Tourism Fund Trust to Support Tvets To Sell Kenya To The World.

As majority of Kenyan youths struggle to get employment, the chairman Tourism fund board trustees Samson Some has urged the youth to join TVET institutions and do courses related to the hotel industry as Kenya has potential for human capital. Speaking in Meru National Polytechnic, Mr. Samson said many countries are seeking human capital from…

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