President William Somoe Ruto has reportedly broken a deal with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz who is In Kenya for bilateral talks.
In the meeting that took place on 5th May at state House Nairobi, the head of state and the visiting German Chancellor agreed on a number of issues.
The Chancellor and Ruto discussed in detail employment opportunities for 250,000 professional, skilled and semi-skilled Kenyans in Germany, to meet Germany’s huge labour requirements.
“I have also urged Chancellor Scholz to review and ease immigration laws to enable Kenyans find employment in Germany.” Said Ruto.
The two leaders agreed to establish a technical team from Ruto’s office and the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Labour in both countries, to initiate discussions, expeditiously navigate the procedures and formulate an appropriate.
“We encourage German businesses to explore and exploit the huge untapped investment opportunities in Kenya. We invite them to take advantage of our country’s geostrategic advantage and use Nairobi as the hub for their regional forays.” Said Ruto.
Ruto affirmed that they’re commit to support German investors with incentives to engage successfully with investment opportunities in our country.
Ruto expressed Kenya’s commitment to working together in the expeditious implementation of the Paris Agreement by leading Kenya to join the ‘Climate Club’.
Also exchanged views on the modalities of increasing capacity of country’s TVETs and the export of skilled workforce to Germany.
