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President William Ruto has challenged the African continent to implement reforms to prevent Africans from going abroad to seek work.
On Sunday at the African Union Commission headquarters in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, President Ruto proposed a policy that would stop young Africans from immigrating to other nations for jobs.
He challenged other African leaders and the African Union to explore the opportunities for jobs across the continent while noting that the opportunities will help curb dangerous travels unemployed Africans embark on to seek better opportunities in other continents.
The Head of State had initially sought opportunities for Kenyans in European countries, the Middle East and the Americas and had revealed that close to a million jobs are in the pipeline for Kenyans in the USA, Canada, Germany, France, Saudi Arabia, and Serbia.
This was also in aim of the government increasing remittances from Kenyans working abroad.
His change in stance on employment for Africans came just a day after he was appointed as African Union’s Champion for Institutional Reform.
Do you think the President’s call to other African leaders is genuine given his previous utterances?
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