Unataka wabaki Kenya Wafanye nini?- Ruto fires at Raila over his labour exportation concerns.
Unataka Wabaki Kenya Wafanye Nini?: Speaking during a church service at Kimende in Kiambu County on Sunday, December 10, the Head of State defended the government’s move to create more job opportunities for Kenyans abroad, citing that the initiative would help combat the unemployment rate in the country.
Ruto stated,”Kwani alikuwa anataka wabaki hapa kenya wakifanya nini? Na bado. Amelalamika mapema. Watu watatoka Kenya hii waende wafanye kazi nche kwa maelfu.”
Continuing with his speech, The head of state highlighted that the trips People Keep complaining about, have led to the government signing bilateral agreements with several countries to secure job opportunities for Kenyans abroad. The countries include Israel, Saudi Arabia, Germany, and France.
He stated,” We want to ensure that our young people get a source of income. In fact, those leaving the country will send us dollars which will in turn ensure that the exchange rate stops giving us problems.”
“There are some who will stay here in Rukuma and get jobs through the housing project, others will work in the ICT hub and others will board planes the go work outside the nation. Didn’t we agree that kazi ni kazi?” The president posed.
His reply comes after the opposition leader, Raila Odinga expressed his concerns over Kenyans being exported, Amid war in Hamas.
Raila stated,”Our children are struggling to get farm jobs in Israel, to be house helps in Saudi Arabia and security personnel in Qatar. Government officers themselves, including a whole president, openly say that they are trying to get jobs abroad for Kenyans,” Raila stated at the Catholic University while delivering a lecture dubbed ‘A Vision for the Next 60 Years and Beyond’,”
“Young people with the new skills and knowledge that we need are being exported because the government cannot create jobs. And the government sees it as an achievement,” he added.
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