STORY By MWINGI TIMES CORRESPONDENT
A countrywide program to take care of the environment and boost youth employment has commenced. Speaking during a press conference, Kitui County Commissioner Kipchumba Rutto urged young people to embrace the program dubbed Climate Resilient Service Program for it to succeed. He said it has been designed like Kazi Mtaani program that existed during former President Uhuru Kenyatta's regime.
The county commissioner allayed fears of discrimination saying that men and women will get equal chances of recruitment in the exercise. He also added that persons living with disabilities will get 30% of slots available.
"Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. They will receive priority consideration", he explained.
Households will be required to send only one person for the recruitment to avoid having many relatives recruited while other families miss out.
1014 workers will be employed in Kitui County and they will be supervised by 35 supervisors. For each day worked, the recruits will be paid KSh500 while their supervisors will earn KSh580 for each worked day. All will be paid using MPESA.
The work to be done include planting trees, removing debris, garbage collection and managing government's legacy projects.
Commissioner Kipchumba Rutto called upon community leaders to ensure the youth get to know about the recruitment exercise in their barazas, door to door meetings, among other social forums. These leaders include chiefs, nyumba kumi elders, the media and the clergy.
The successful recruits will get first aid if injured during the work but they have been urged to work responsibly. This includes coming to work with personal protective equipment and working tools like pangas, machetes, jembes and wheelbarrows where applicable.
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