Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, chaired a multi-agency meeting at his official resident in Karen, Nairobi, aimed at developing a framework of linking Jua Kali sector to job opportunities.
Gachagua, through his official X account, said the government, through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) policy that is already in place, is taking a revolutionary approach to dignifying the Jua Kali workforce.
This, Gachagua says, will help transform informal skills and expertise into formal employment, and provide linkages to opportunities locally and internationally.
“The Jua Kali Sector is a source of livelihood for millions of our people; the Sector is rich in skills and expertise driving our economy. With the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy in place, we are taking a revolutionary approach to dignifying the Jua Kali workforce, as we transform informal skills and expertise into formal employment and providing linkages to opportunities locally and internationally,” Gachagua’s statement reads in part.
Gachagua on job opportunities
Gachagua went ahead to state that the multi-agency meeting that he chaired has placed the country on a pathway to developing a framework of linking Jua Kali artisans to job opportunities, besides financing self-employment.
DP Gachagua’s meeting was attended by State House Deputy Chief of Staff Josphat Nanok, State Department for Diaspora Affairs PS Roseline Njogu and State Department for Cabinet Affairs PS Idris Dokota.
Other attendees included Representatives of the State Department for Technical and Vocational Education Training, the State Department For Labour and Skill Development, the State Department for MSME Development, and the State Department for Housing and Urban Development.
Representatives from Kenya National Quality Authority, National Industrial Training Authority, Technical and Vocational Education Training Authority, TVET Training Curriculum Development, Assessment and Certification Council, Micro and Small Enterprise Authority, and the Kenya National Federation of Jua Kali Federation also attended the meeting.
“The multi-agency meeting I chaired today at the Official Residence in Karen, Nairobi, places us on a pathway to developing a framework of linking our artisans to job opportunities, besides financing self-employment,” Gachagua stated.
The Jua Kali Sector is a source of livelihoods for millions of our people; the Sector is rich in skills and expertise driving our economy. pic.twitter.com/QvBehlEdHt
— H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, EGH (@rigathi) September 10, 2024
The newly-appointed head of Presidential Special Projects and Creative Economy Dennis Itumbi on September 5, 2024, revealed that this year’s Mashujaa Day will be themed Boma Yangu, to highlight the success of the Affordable Housing program.
This, Itumbi said, will be in terms of the jobs created, Jua Kali sector boosted, and homes built nationwide.
