By Leon Mutwiri.
Diaspora Principal Secretary Ms Roseline Njogu has officially launched the 2rd edition of ‘Kazi Majuu’ tournament in Meru County where 64 teams from North Imenti are expected to participate.
The tournament which kicked off at Kinoru stadium in Meru is meant to sensitize the youth about the government’s interventions in solving unemployment.
Speaking after the launch, the PS said through such events the ministry is able to engage and educate the young people about the government’s three pronged agenda including Kazi Kwa ground, Kazi Majuu and Kazi Kwa Mtandao noting they entails manual jobs at the grassroots level like the Affordable housing and learning institutions, digital and jobs at the diaspora.
”The football tournament has become an important aspect in educating what ‘Kazi Majuu’ is and its importance in having youths’ skills and abilities recognized globally. We now have had 583,000 Kenyans take up opportunities in the diaspora for the last four years. That is why am urging more youth to enroll in order to benefit from the program,” said PS Njogu.
She advised the youth not to discriminate against any courses in colleges and universities since they all play a complimentary role in skill development and in the labour market.
PS Njogu said the role of the TVET is to build the necessary skilled labour needed in the market, insisting that they specialize in producing skilled based professionals.
She advised potential job seekers to get a passport and a skill, which will help them sell themselves and enter another society on a higher level.
”I advise all potential job seekers to ensure they get a passport and a skills to help them market themselves and enter another society on a higher level.e All jobseekers should work with licensed private recruitment agencies (PRAs) and whose information can be found on the state department’s,” said the PS.
Speaking at the event, Elizabeth Wanjiru Mwai a Meru National Polytechnic student who is a beneficiary of the Mkulima Majuu program in the United Kingdom reavealed that she started her process in 2024 after being informed about it in college.
She later went for an interview at Nyeri National Polytechnic, before being issued with travel documents for the journey to the UK began.
She urged the youths to take up skill-based courses not just in TVET institutions but all certified institutions stating that those are the pathways to selling ones skills in the diaspora.
“These chances are real, it is true because am one of the beneficiaries. I can say I have made some good money,” said Ms Mwai.
She is currently back in the country after completing her 4month contract as a farmer in the Mkulima Majuu program in the ducing skilled based professionals.
