Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale has criticized the government's decision to secure jobs abroad for youths.
Speaking in Kakamega town during the training of youth across the county on available job and business opportunities in the country under the Kenya 20X Entrepreneur Organisation, Dr Khalwale said it is a shame for the government to export labor to countries with a small economy and population, instead of making Kenya an economic hub. "It is a shame that a country of 57 to 60 million people would want to take its youth to Singapore or Finland, which has a population of a few people to go and look for business opportunities in the said countries," said Khalwale.
The Senator who is the Majority Whip in the Senate, urged the government to focus on offering services to the people by capitalising on its ever-growing population. "Opportunity is in services and goods, services are offered to people and the more people you have, the more opportunities you have to offer services, the more people you have, the more goods you sell to the people," said Khalwale. "We have a pool of almost 60 million people; we should be the ones creating more opportunities so that we become attractive to smaller countries to come and participate in the Kenyan economy, and that is my own understanding of growing job opportunities for our young people.
Some youths get the opportunity to go and work abroad for a well-paying job, but we must create opportunities at home," he added.
