Eldoret: Youths stranded after turning up for non-existent job recruitment advertised by gov't

Hundreds of youth were stranded outside Eldoret Polytechnic in Uasin Gishu County on Thursday after turning up for a foreign job recruitment exercise advertised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection.

The agitated youth said they reported at the institution as early as 5 a.m., only to be turned away by the security at the gate who said they had no such information.

Chepkarai Marius from Kesses sub-county slammed the government for failing to adhere to what they had posted on the ministry's website.

Marius said the government is frustrating the unemployed youths.

“It is very frustrating; some of us have come from far and our parents had to sell chicken to get us bus fare. Can President William Ruto address this issue, is it a real government initiative or it is fake?” he said.

The incident came just a week after a similar case in Kisii County where youth turned up for a job recruitment exercise advertised by the Labour Ministry but failed to take off.

The over 200 youth showed up at the Kisii National Polytechnic to find no officials were on the ground for such an exercise.

In response, the Labour Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua told Citizen TV his ministry sent out a notice in early December putting on hold the recruitment exercise.

Mutua said the government wanted the pilot counties to process the initial job offers and also streamline the system before announcing new dates.