Sessional Paper No. 07 of 2005 on National Employment Policy and Strategies for Kenya
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2005Author
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The Government has developed this Sessional Paper to provide the strategies to mitigate and address the problem of unemployment. Among the key interventions proposed in the paper besides accelerated and sustained economic growth are: the promotion of labour intensive investments; matching skills to labour needs; mainstreaming youth and gender in employment programmes; and developing a national labour market information infrastructure. Other strategies include: Promotion of good Industrial relations, health and safety at the workplace through the review of labour laws; expanding social security to ensure job-sustainability and security; promotion of foreign employment to absorb excess labour; and developing a broad-based institutional framework to guide the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the proposed policies and programmes.
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Employment Creation; Employee Retention; Employment Strategies; Skills Mis-match; Labour Productivity
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