NairobiTreasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani indicated the government’s determination to create jobs for a vastly desperate Kenyan youth. SEE ALSO: Yatani gives with left and grabs more with the rightTreasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yataniyesterday indicated the government’s determination to create jobs for a vastly desperate Kenyan youth. An eight-point Economic Stimulus Programme that was rolled out by President Kenyatta is set to create jobs for 200,000 youth across the country in the National Hygiene Programme, Kazi Mtaani Initiative. This has encouraged participation of foreign contractors in local contracts at the expense of local contractors,” he said. This will retain domestic revenues within the country and create jobs for the youth.”While around 831,000 new jobs have been created per year between 2013 and 2018 - up from 656,500 new jobs per year in the period 2008 to 2012 - the future looks bleak.

Source: Standard Digital June 11, 2020 17:48 UTC