Kenya and Austria working on MOU for skilled labour migration

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi in a sideline meeting with the Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Alexander Schallenberg, agreed on a decision to establish a formal mechanism for regular and structured political consultations between Kenya and Austria, reflecting the shared foreign policy priorities.

“We also pledge to strengthen high-level bilateral engagements, including more frequent and substantive exchanges at the highest levels of Government,” Mudavadi said.

Mudavadi said that the two countries committed to amplifying bilateral economic cooperation, leveraging the momentum from the Austrian trade Mission to Kenya in October 2023.

Also in attendance was Maurice Makoloo, Kenya's Ambassador to Austria, and Ambassador. Robert Zischg, Director of the Department for Sub-Saharan Africa at the Austrian Foreign Ministry, among others.

The move to have Mobility and Migration to enhance managed legal migration and mutually beneficial exchanges of skilled labour with Austria comes days after Kenya and Germany signed a similar agreement.