The Ministry of Agriculture has flagged off 162 Kenyan youth from the Kenya School of Agriculture (KSA) headed to the United Kingdom under the Government of Kenya-United Kingdom Seasonal Workers Scheme (SWS).
State Department for Agriculture Principal Secretary (PS) Dr.
Kipronoh Ronoh explained that the Seasonal Workers Scheme is one of the many Youth Employment and Labour Mobility Initiatives that the Government of Kenya under the leadership of president William Ruto has been pursuing since coming into office in 2022.
In a speech read on his behalf by the Secretary of Administration, Harun Khator, the PS highlighted that the Kenya School of Agriculture is among the few participating Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in Kenya and in Africa. "The Kenya Kwanza Administration came into office with a commitment to transform the economy through the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).