Sessional Paper No. 01 of 1992 on Development and Employment in Kenya

Abstract

This Sessional Paper is the Government's response to the Report of the Presidential Committee on Employment which was appointed by His Excellency the President on 4th April, 1990, to map out strategies to deal with the unemployment problem in the country both in the short and long term. The Committee completed its work and presented the Report to His Excellency the President on 30th January, 1991. 0.2 The Report whose full title is, "Development and Employment in Kenya -A Strategy for the Transformation of the Economy", is divided into seventeen chapters which are grouped into four parts, namely, analysis of the situation, general macro-economic policy requirements, major sectoral programmes and special action programmes. There are over 200 recommendations which are presented in the seventeen chapters. The Report has considered many policy changes and initiatives which would stimulate both domestic and foreign investment for increased productivity and employment generation. In its preface, the Report starts with a review of Kenya's struggle for independence and the challenges of nation building, particular1y the need to build a united, nontribal, non-racial, democratic and economical1y strong and sustainable society…