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Government created over 1.5 million jobs, income opportunities in the last two years – Kindiki

Kindiki said the strides made are good, but some bottlenecks must be removed to create more opportunities

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by BRIAN ORUTA

News29 May 2025 - 10:55
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  • In public service, the DP noted that so far the government has created about 400,000 jobs, where by 76,000 were teachers.
  • He went on to say that another 200,000 jobs were created through the affordable housing programme as well as the ongoing construction of fresh produce markets and institutional housing units across the country.

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki during a meeting at his Karen Residence on May 28, 2025/DPCS




Deputy President Kithure Kindiki now says that the government has created over 1.5 million jobs and income opportunities for Kenyans in the last two years.

Speaking after a status update meeting on the government’s jobs and income opportunity programmes across different state departments and agencies, Kindiki said these jobs range across different sectors, including the public service, affordable housing, and digital jobs, among others.

“We've registered quite some success through the employment statistics we have at the moment for jobs created in public service, affordable housing and market construction program, Climate WorX, among others,” he said.

In public service, the DP noted that so far the government has created about 400,000 jobs, where 76,000 were teachers.

He went on to say that another 200,000 jobs were created through the affordable housing programme, as well as the ongoing construction of fresh produce markets and institutional housing units across the country.

Kindiki stated that approximately 500,000 Kenyans have benefited from digital jobs and income opportunities, while the labour mobility programme has so far secured 393,000 job opportunities abroad for Kenyans.

He noted that while this is the case, some of these sectors have more potential, and the Kenya Kwanza administration is working hard to get rid of issues that are a hindrance to maximising opportunities in the sectors.

“We are also making strides in the digital jobs programme, but we've noted the potential is much bigger; we just need to get the infrastructure in place in terms of ICT hubs and also tidying up the space," he added.

“Labour mobility is on course, 393,000 in the last two years, it can be better. And we must follow through some of the issues raised here as bottlenecks to see whether we can make that progress, because if you have a million people entering the job market and you are absorbing less than half of them, the accumulation over the year is what is giving us the youth bulge without jobs."

The Deputy President further noted that the state will soon be accelerating other programmes, including the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA), Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation (KJET) and other programmes to be rolled out shortly.

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