State plans to recruit 40,000 seafarers every year
By KNA, February 23, 2023The government plans to recruit at least 40,000 seafarers annually, a move that will make the country achieve its target of having 200,000 seafarers on ships by 2027.
The Principal Secretary for Shipping and Maritime Affairs Shadrack Mwadime (pictured) said the recruitment of the seafarers is aligned with the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda of the Kenya Kwanza Administration to create jobs for the unemployed and underemployed youth. “This programme will secure the full development and alignment of hospitality, engineering and other sectors with seafaring skills to create good jobs,” said Mwadime.
Maritime subsectors
The PS who was speaking in his office at NSSF building in Nairobi said, the government’s vision of building a Trusted Kenyan Seafarer is aimed at yielding at least Sh 3.983 trillion in remittances over 35 years.
Mwadime said the Blue Economy agenda in the country which is defined to fisheries and maritime subsectors, once implemented will attract investment, drive manufacturing and industrialisation, generate tax revenues and create good jobs and wealth for the citizenry.
The PS has also assured trainees undertaking shipping and maritime courses in the local universities and colleges that the government will ensure they get advanced training.
– KNA