Foreign Affairs PS Korir Singoei Says Government Can't Guarantee Jobs for Kenyans Who Study Abroad
Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs Korir Sing'oei admitted on Tuesday, June 27, that there are no guaranteed job opportunities for Kenyans who study abroad through government-sponsored programs.
In a statement, Korir noted that the purpose of the programs is to provide the students with a better education that would enable them to generate their own income. He also pointed out that their education is important as it accords them better prospects upon their return to Kenya. However, PS Korir admitted that the Kenyan economy is not capable of producing enough jobs for all graduates.
Korir was responding to concerns articulated by Nanjira Sambuli, a policy analyst and strategist, concerning the announcement of Kenyan students enrolling at Serbian Universities under the World in Serbia Program. In a statement dated July 25th, the PS reported that he had asked the program to increase the number of Kenyan beneficiaries from the current intake of ten to twenty. Sambuli questioned the purpose of the program, mentioning that many of the students who returned to the country had to start their own businesses because of a lack of jobs.
At the 40th Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology graduation ceremony, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua encouraged graduates to become entrepreneurs, recognizing that the government could not provide jobs to everyone. Meanwhile, President William Ruto has been promoting governmental initiatives to help Kenyans secure employment in other countries.
On June 18, the Head of State announced that the government is pushing to ink agreements with international entities to provide one million jobs for Kenyan citizens. Countries like Germany, Barbados, the US, the UK, and Canada have enlisted as potential destinations for work.
Comments (6)
This isn't the kind of hopelessness talk govt should be doing. There's hope for every one. Speak jobs and create em now. It's possible if you look at the kind of products imported from other nations yet can be made locally. Issue is efficiency and cost of power
Wajinga wa mwisho.
You can't provide jobs for local graduates and it's obvious the govt can't do anything about it. So why is this fool repeating the obvious.
It's called redundancy. At the risk of being redundant, it's stupid.
False hope is very dangerous at least this PS is telling it like it is .If you cannot absorb Kenyan trained graduates how do tell, are you going to have jobs for the foreign ones some of this degrees are not even in English . On the other hand you need to state the truth about the jobs promised by the so called "developed" countries. These are low level menial dead end jobs . They would rather hire their own citizens before they consider a foreigner for any skilled high paying job hence sending qualified graduates to clean asses, or change bedpans
or administer medication or flip burgers is akin to misusing them all in the name of greener pastures which is a myth
when did they ever
Time to overhaul the education system.
Add local languages to the education system.
Wisterman's influence on educational thought was considerable.... " Any education that does not take into consideration the inseparable unity between the African lineage and African thinking is based on false principles and must lead to the alienation of the individual from his own self, his principles and his past"..It is a dead end education.
Do not export slaves.
I do not know any investors, who continues to invest their time and money where there is no return on investment.
Time to admit that the education system that Kenya keeps providing to Kenyans is a "Dead End Education Trap".
No longer useful.
Once Kenya embraces, it's diverse languages and cultures, all will be well with our citizens. Until then the perpetuation of lies continues.
Until then, we remain a stammering and staggering nation!!