Government to Build Industrial Training Institutions in All 47 Counties

                                                    Photo By Sammy Mburu

The government will invest industrial training centers of excellence in all counties in a bid to supply the adequate and skilled man power essential for realization of Vision 2030.

Labour Minister John Munyes on Friday 24th August 2012, said that the government was aimed at providing quality industrial training to the youths in all counties as way of achieving Vision 2030 goal of industrializing Kenya.

Mr Munyes said that the government “appreciates the need to invest in new technology through constant upgrading of industrial equipments” as well training to ensure the country becomes modernized.

“We need to have adequate, efficient and effective supply of skilled labour force, to achieve this we need to provide quality industrial training in all the 47 counties and the government will create centers of excellence in each

county as the country prepares for devolution,” Mr Munyes said.

He further said that the government will mobilize funds to implement the initiative and more so partner with other countries in procuring new technology facilities as well as training.

The Minister expressed optimism that such a move would spur both economic and social growth in the country and he called on stakeholders to come on board and support the industrial institutions.

“Industrializing Kenya requires committed and motivated stakeholders, the governments so far is working together with Canada and Qatar in procurement of updated technological equipments and also in offering quality training to ensure adequate supply of brain-power,” Mr Munyes said.

Mr Munyes was speaking at National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) headquarters at Industrial Area in Nairobi where he stressed that industrial training was important and that it would accelerate industrial development as set out in the social pillar of the Kenya Vision 2030.

Mr Munyes at the same time inaugurated 12 Board members of the NITA led by Chairman Prof Thomas Akbar and acting Director General Elizabeth Kimenyi.

NITA Board vice chair George Muchai who is also Central Organization of Trade Union (COTU) deputy secretary general echoed words of the minister and he said the newly appointed Board was equal to the task.

“NITA will work tirelessly to ensure Kenya becomes industrialised in order to attain the Vision 2030 goals which are anchored on the ability of a country to utilize technology to maximize its production,” Mr Muchai said.

Mr Muchai further said that only investment in industrial training would ensure adequate and efficient manpower in the country and also partnerships with developed countries such as “Denmark, Italy, Canada and South Korea” to provide relevant training and expertise.