Dr. Hellen Sambili

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: (a) The criteria for selection of beneficiaries of “Jobs Abroad” Programme in the Ministry is as follows:- view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: (i) First, interested youth apply through the area youth officer or directly to the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) Secretariat or to recruitment agencies that have been accredited by the Ministry of Labour. view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: (ii) Secondly, the applicants are vetted by the recruitment agencies to match the job requirements and their qualifications. view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: (iii) Thirdly, once that has been done, the agencies forward the shortlisted applicants to prospective employers for further processing which involves the selection of qualified applicants, and that list is communicated to the originating recruitment agency. The shortlisted applicants are then contacted by the recruitment agencies and invited for pre-interview training. Interviews are then conducted by the prospective employer personally or through their agent in the presence of YEDF officials and recruiting agencies. Successful candidates are notified promptly and are given pre-departure training by YEDF Secretariat. view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: (b) A total of 316 beneficiaries of Jobs Abroad Programme have so far been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. This excludes 74 other youths who were recruited between March 2010 and May 2010. This information has not been formally processed, but I have it. The list of the beneficiaries and their destinations abroad together with their districts of birth is attached and can be available for the hon. Members to peruse. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to add that at the moment, at least, Kshs3 million is being availed to the youth in every constituency. I would like ... view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, before I answer that, I wish to lay on the Table the list of the youth who have been employed under this programme, up to the first quarter of this year for the hon. Members to see. view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the question that the hon. Member has asked is very important. We know that the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is a young Ministry. We have youth officers in the field but they are not enough. We actually have youth officers that are taking care of, at least, two districts. In the past, information has only been available to youth – let me be honest and say – in Nairobi. Now, the Youth Enterprise Development Fund has been instructed to ensure that this information gets to the youth officers in their constituencies, so that the ... view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to add that the Government takes seriously, the issue of unemployment of young people. I have just come from a meeting in Sweden known as Youth Employment Summit. There were youths from more than 53 countries. There was a policy meeting of leaders across the world and various donors, including the World Bank. It was discussed and identified that unemployment of the youth, although it is a serious issue not only in Kenya but in many other developing countries, is not really given that highlight that it needs. So, it was decided that ... view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we will undertake to ensure that this information gets to the young people across the country. view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is a very valid issue. As I said, most of the young people asked to be employed mostly as security guards, particularly in Iraq under the guidance of the allied forces. Actually, we had a situation where some young people wanted to come back when there were problems in some of those countries. But they are given pre-departure training. They are given the background of the situation of the countries that they are going to. Recently, we did a Cabinet Memorandum with the Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make sure that ... view