Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has reiterated President William Ruto’s plan to employ over 20,000 youths in Nairobi county.....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
While speaking during the inauguration of the “Dishi na County” kitchen in Umoja 1 primary school on Monday 2 September, Sakaja revealed that Kazi mtaani will be back in the county but bearing a different name ‘Climate Works Mashinani’.
Sakaja revealed that the Climate Works Mashinani is back after the Gen Z protests compelled the president to listen to the youths.
According to Sakaja, the project is slightly different from the Kazi mtaani in that youth will be working for ten days and then attend a fully paid training by the government for the next ten days.
“MCAs from every ward, plan your youths and get them ready to get to work,” Sakaja said.
While on his tour in Nyanza, Ruto assured youths in Kisumu that the Climate Works Mashinani will be starting in a month and will engage youths in environmental conservation-related activities.
He was responding to calls for the creation of jobs for the youth from the region.
“Give me one month and we will have those jobs. I am planning. After one month we will have the Climate Works Mashinani program. You will help me with environmental matters and other matters. You guys, jobs are coming,” Ruto said.
The famous Kazi Mtaani was a Uhuru Kenyatta era project aimed at cushioning young Kenyans from the economic effects of Covid-19 pandemic.
Through Kazi Mtaani, youths would participate in community cleaning exercises and be paid weekly. Ruto however abolished the project immediately after he was elected in 2022.
The president, who is currently in China, revealed that through different programs across the country, he is creating avenues where youths can earn income.
He said that while some will earn from the Climate Works program, others will work in affordable housing projects, digital jobs, and manufacturing.
Others, he said will work in markets while others will export their labor. Unemployment is one of the major issues facing the country with the youths being the highest number of unemployed people….CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ARTICLE>>>
