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By Onana Victor Last updated Nov 1, 2022

The Government Launches (KYEEA)New Mass Youth Employment Program for Kenyans

The Kenyan government has launched (KYEEA), a New Mass Youth Employment Program for Kenyans

The Deputy President of Kenya , Mr Rigathi Gachagua , launched a new programme that will focus on offering direct employment to a number of Kenyan youths who are currently jobless.

Dp launched the Kenya Youth Employment & Entrepreneurship Accelerator (KYEEA) at KEPSA in headquarters in Nairobi.

This programme will offer Kenyans under the age of 35 years training in the areas of business, technology and finances.

This program further focuses on equipping Kenyan youth with skills that will help in addressing the unemployment level in the country as well.

Minimum Qualifications for consideration.

This program commonly known as KYEEA has given priority to Kenyans citizens opportunities on their website via kepsa(dot)or.ke .The requirements include:

Be under the age of 35 years
Applicants must have completed secondary school education with no any criminal attachment.

The Dp. Further gave a commendation to the business community for partnering with President William Ruto’s government since it seeks to find solutions to the country’s youth unemployment problem.

Dp. Gachagua further added that their a Government is committed to ensure provision of the necessary support to take the youth closer to their collective dream of a better future.

According to Gachagua, this new fund together with the partnership to the Kenya Private Sector Alliance will go a long way towards giving the youth an opportunity to improve their lives

The Kenya Bureau of Statistics plus the other economic reports, indicate that the youth unemployment in Kenya is estimated at 38.9% with an estimated 800,000 young people getting into the

labour market every year from universities and other higher learning institutions within and from outside the country.In another statement he indicated “Our economy has not matched the supply in generation of new jobs for our youth.

Experts have warned us of the ‘youth time bomb’ occasioned by the jobless youth bulge.”

KEPSA has promised that the programme will improve on technology and digital transformation, which were some of Kenyan Kwanza government promises that were given during compaigns.