State House recently released information which claimed that President Uhuru Kenyatta has been able to create more than 840,000 new jobs in the last year.
“Last year, the Government created more than 840,000 new jobs (Economic Survey 2019, p. 39). That’s a lot of new jobs, especially coming after an election year when, as we all know, the economy tends to slow down somehow,” Kanze Dena Claimed.
Head of Communication Kanze Dena statement caused an uproar with a majority of Kenyans descending while on the basis that the country was facing the highest levels of unemployability.
Now Head of Communication Kanze Dena argues that the jobs were not created only by the government, but jointly created by the government, informal and formal sectors and SMEs.
” It is the economy collectively. The economy covers the public sector, private sector, Kenyans in the informal sector, our SME’s… all productive segments of our economy working together,” she clarified.
She went on to assure that the President was resolutely committed to creating jobs for Kenyans, especially for the young people.
“You’ll remember that a few days ago, President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the Shs 100 billion Young Africa Works public-private partnership that seeks to prepare over 5 million young Kenyans for the job market.The President followed this up by opening the revamped Rivatex Textile factory through which the Government projects to generate over 3000 direct jobs and thousands other related jobs linked to agriculture,” she said.