From Daily Nation/Written by AGGREY MUTAMBO
The government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) says 10,000 jobs will be on offer initially for Kenyans, subject to conditions to be announced later.
This will be the pioneer batch of a 100,000 jobs deal reached between the two governments.
UAE’s Interior ministry officials told Sunday Nation the initial job openings would be pegged on available vacancies. An announcement on the conditions to be met would be announced later, they said.
“There will be a variety, maybe professional laborers, those who can work in oil industries or energy. We will also be looking for house keepers, baby sitters and the like,” said Col (Rtd) Humaid Mohamed Almheiri, a senior UAE official in the Interior ministry, on Thursday.
Last week, the government said 100,000 job opportunities had been secured in UAE for those willing to work in the Middle East country.
While launching the Kenya Foreign and Diaspora Policies, Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed said a deal was struck last year when President Uhuru Kenyatta toured Abu Dhabi.
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