Private sector urged to scale up job creation

President Kenyatta has challenged the private sector to scale up job creation for the youth.

He said as the Government entrenches Kenya’s welcoming investment environment by easing the rigours of doing business, the private sector should make deliberate efforts to employ Kenyans.

“In turn, I, and other Kenyans, expect that the private sector will do all it can to help our young people find dignified work,” he said.

He was speaking when he presided over the re-launch of the revamped Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The autonomous non-profit organization – established to articulate and lobby for the interests of the business community in every sector of the economy – has branches throughout the country with over 10,000 members.

“I am particularly proud of the Chamber’s role in the indigenization of commerce after independence; and its warm relations with Government, which have found the balance between respect for public interest and robust advocacy of its members’ interests,” he said.

He acknowledged the diligence with which the Chamber has participated in bilateral agreements with Turkey, China, United Arab Emirates and Nigeria and urged it to build on the successes.

e-procurement

He at the same time announced that the Government will soon re-launch e-procurement in Government to ensure transparency in the public sector.

He said the Jubilee Government is working hard to reform the public sector so that it responds positively to the needs of all Kenyans.

“These reforms will ensure that you can apply, monitor through the internet who has won the tender, why they have won it and at what price,” Mr Kenyatta said.

Other speakers included Cabinet Secretaries Phyllis Kandie, Ann Waiguru, Ambassador Amina Mohammed and the National Chairman of the Kenya Chamber of Commerce and Industry Kiprono Kittony.