Kenya-German university labour migration project praised

A labour migration programme initiated by the Mount Kenya University and Germany’s Hochschule Koblenz University of Applied Sciences has been lauded as a model project in facilitating the export of labour to the European country, reports The Star.

Through the programme, healthcare professionals, who have also been trained in the German language, are taken to Germany where they are absorbed in the country’s healthcare sector initially as paid apprentices and offered a platform to grow. The programme has already seen two cohorts of the apprentices leave Kenya for Germany, where they have already settled in their jobs. A third cohort left Kenya two weeks ago and is currently undergoing orientation in Germany. MKU has also on-boarded the fourth cohort, who are undergoing training at the university and are expected to be leaving Kenya for Germany later this year.

Alexander Fierley, Germany’s deputy ambassador to Kenya, lauded the programme and noted that it offers lessons for Kenya and Germany as they start implementing the labour migration agreement the two countries signed.
Full report on The Star site