President William Ruto has continued to drum up support for his labour export programme by disclosing the number of Kenyans flying to work in other foreign countries weekly.
Speaking in Taita Taveta County on Sunday, July 28, 2024, after a church service, the Head of State announced that 1,000 Kenyans fly out to work in foreign countries under the labour export programme.
Ruto, who was addressing the Taita Taveta residents after a church service, praised the State Department of Labour and Skill Development led by Principal Secretary (PS) Shadrack Mwadime, credited for spearheading the programme.
President Ruto indicated that the labour export programme is one of his government plans to address the unemployment question in the country.
“Kila wiki, vijana elfu moja wanaondoka Kenya kuenda kufanya kazi katika sehemu zingine duniani. Kila wiki 1,000 na sasa Taita mjipange (every week, 1,000 youth depart the country to go and work in other foreign countries. Every week, 1,000 so Taita you should make plans),” Ruto stated.
Air ticket paid
According to President Ruto, youth interested in various jobs abroad are also not required to pay for their air tickets. He told Taita Taveta residents that the tickets are sorted by the respective companies in collaboration with the government.
At the same time, Ruto remarked that the processing of key details including passports has been expedited with the whole process now taking only a week.
“Mimi nimepanga ya kwamba mtu akitaka kuenda kwa hio ajira ng’ambo anapatiwa passport ndani ya wiki moja. Tunapatiana kila kitu ambayo inahitajika ndani ya wiki moja. Haihitaji hata pesa ya kulipa ndege, sisi tutalipa ndege (I have planned that anyone interested in flying out for those jobs will get their passports in less than a week. We also give out everything else required in just a week. They do not even require the air ticket money as it is catered for),” Ruto insisted.
“We have 400,000 job opportunities for Kenyans to work abroad so it is up to you MPs to ensure young people get those opportunities,” Ruto added.
Ruto further implored the youth to take advantage of the affordable housing projects across the country to gain meaningful employments.
Mwatete, Taita Taveta County. https://t.co/P7UpoKvDC2
— William Samoei Ruto, PhD (@WilliamsRuto) July 28, 2024