{"id":102412,"date":"2024-11-15T10:03:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T10:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/11\/15\/govt-to-launch-labour-recruitment-drive-for-jobs-abroad\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T10:03:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T10:03:36","slug":"govt-to-launch-labour-recruitment-drive-for-jobs-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/govt-to-launch-labour-recruitment-drive-for-jobs-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt to launch labour recruitment drive for jobs abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 15<\/strong> <strong>\u2013 The government is set to roll out a major labour recruitment drive starting November 18 through to December 6, aimed at connecting Kenyans with job opportunities abroad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made following a Cabinet meeting chaired by President William Ruto at State House, Nairobi, which unveiled a list of countries where Kenyans will be seeking employment.<\/p>\n<p>These include Germany, Austria, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Northern Ireland, in addition to Gulf nations such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Cabinet dispatch, the Ministry of Labour will be holding recruitment drives in every county during the designated period.<\/p>\n<p>The jobs on offer will cover a broad spectrum of professional, skilled, and unskilled positions including nurses, aged-care workers, and teachers in critical subjects like science, mathematics, English, and physical education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the meeting, the Cabinet was informed that the Ministry of Labour has organized job recruitment drives in every county over the coming weeks,\u201d the dispatch stated in part<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese recruitment efforts are part of a broader strategy to connect Kenyans with employment opportunities both within the region and globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The briefing also highlighted the success of Kenya\u2019s ongoing labour export program.<\/p>\n<p>Since July 2023, a total of 105,367 Kenyans have secured jobs abroad, with 16,943 people cleared for employment since January 2024 alone according to the government.<\/p>\n<p>President William Ruto has been vocal about increasing Kenyan labour exports as part of the government\u2019s broader economic strategy.<\/p>\n<p>In June, he revealed that the country has been sending 1,000 skilled and semi-skilled workers overseas every week.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 15 \u2013 The government is set to roll out a major labour recruitment drive starting November 18 through to December 6, aimed at connecting Kenyans with job opportunities abroad. The announcement was made following a Cabinet meeting chaired by President William Ruto at State House, Nairobi, which unveiled a list of countries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}