Sessional Paper No. 04 of 2013 on Employment Policy and Strategy for Kenya

Abstract

Employment Policy is an invaluable tool in facilitating the creation of decent, productive and sustainable employment opportunities, stimulating economic growth and socio-economic development. This is consistent with the conviction that promotion of adequate, productive and sustainable employment opportunities can best be achieved on the basis of an integrated policy agenda that brings together the goals of rights at work, employment, social protection and social dialogue in a coherent, development-oriented and gender-equitable manner. This Policy is anchored on the understanding that Kenya has to achieve her national goals and international commitments to realize meaningful progress in socio-economic development. This largely depends on the extent to which the country is able to create and nurture a competitive and adaptive human resource base to meet the requirements of a rapidly industrializing and globalizing economy. In this respect, this policy seeks to promote productivity, national competitiveness and economic growth; creation of decent employment opportunities; creation of green jobs; build a pool of skilled, adaptive, self-reliant and enterprising labour force; and pursue short, medium and long-term employment creation and poverty reduction strategies. It also aims at improving labour market efficiency, strengthening the labour administration system and social dialogue, and promoting public-private partnership in employment creation.