Some 22,000 youths will be selected for cycle five of the Kenya Youth Employment and Opportunities Project. He said 22,000 youths out of the 177,000 applicants will be selected and placed for training. Successful applicants will be notified in October to start training in November. “Each master craftsman is allocated a maximum of six trainees for the five months jobs specific skills training,” he said. Under the model adopted by the project, youths report to their trainers and their limited numbers allow for easy conformity to the Ministry of Health Covid-19 safety measures.

Source: The Star August 28, 2020 12:00 UTC