Four months ago when Kazi Mtaani was launched by the National Government in just a few counties and the youth were being paid Sh600 per day, the number of beneficiaries was much less. The government responded positively, increasing the number of beneficiaries exponentially but putting the salary a little higher than the half requested by the youth. Faced with a sudden and massive unemployment of the majority of its bread winners, nothing comes in handier than Kazi Mtaani. We responded by establishing a stimulus project for the youth, who found themselves suddenly unemployed — and perhaps suddenly homeless. I have noted with much appreciation that our county governments are already putting their minds to this and working on how to reconfigure the growth trajectory in counties by expanding the scope of Kazi Mtaani to encompass other sectors.

Source: Daily Nation July 18, 2020 20:45 UTC