
<p class="has-drop-cap">The government has announced through the Labour Ministry that several jobless Kenyans would be receiving monthly stipends.</p>



<p>Labour Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui said that around 1.2 million Kenyans had lost their jobs since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country in March. The worst-hit sectors being warehousing, retail, hotel, and accommodation seeing over 600,000 workers losing their jobs.</p>



<p>This financial proposal is set to target only 350,000 jobless Kenyans who will receive Ksh 5,000 for three months.</p>



<p>Simon Chelugui noted:</p>



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<p>&#8220;We are doing this, with our source of information being the recent household survey by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.</p>




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<p>We have also carried out our engagement with the social partners, which is the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) and the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU).</p>



<p>Our focus is living, to ensure livelihoods are sustained so, in that case, we would also have to go out of our way to ensure that we support these people</p>



<p>That is briefly, actions and plans that we as Ministry of Labour and Social Protection have taken to ensure that we minimize the pain caused to these vulnerable groups&#8221;</p>



<p>It is not yet clear when this program will officially start but questions are set to arise as to how the ministry determined the 350,000 figure.</p>




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<p>Source: breakingnews.co.ke</p>
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