Kenya
Overview of national employment policies
- Has national employment policy
- Yes
- Adoption of national employment policies
- 1ST revision in 2013
- Is the NEP under revision?
- No
Dialogue and stakeholders in the formulation process
- National
- No
- Regional
- No
- Local
- No
- N.A.
- -
Coordinating actor in formulating the employment policy
- Ministry in charge of employment/labour
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of economy/finance/planning
- -
- Sectoral ministry
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
Ministry of Labour, Social Security and ServicesEmployment policy goals
- Economic growth
- -
- Decent work
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- Employment as central to development strategy
- -
- Employment creation /promotion
- -
- Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
- -
- Freely chosen employment
- Yes
- Full employment
- Yes
- Poverty reduction
- -
- Productive employment
- Yes
- Protection of workers' rights
- -
- Reduce unemployment
- -
- Reduce underemployment
- -
- Social inclusion
- -
- Environment/green jobs
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
Promote full employment as a priority in national, economic and social policy and to enable the economically active population to attain and secure sustainable livelihood through productive and freely chosen employment by the year 2030.Strategic objectives
- Strategic objectives
- The following are the strategies and interventions that will be pursued to promote employment creation:
1. Accelerate and Sustain High Rates of Economic Growth;
2. Re-energize Sectoral Growth;
3. Establishment of Special Economic Zones (SEZs);
4. Employment Creation Analysis;
5. Enhance Growth and Development of Micro and Small Enterprises;
6. Develop and Promote Youth Targeted Employment Programmes;
7. Promote Productivity and Competitiveness;
8. Promoting Adoption of Technology;
9. Improve Linkage between Education and Training Institutions, and Industry;
10. Develop and Implement an Integrated Industrial Training and Attachment System;
11. Establish and Maintain a Labour Market Information System;
12. Strengthen the Framework for Employment Services;
13. Streamline Foreign Employment;
14. Mainstream and Promote Gender Equity;
15. Strengthen Framework for Elimination of Child Labour;
16. Formulate and Implement Trafficking in Persons Policy;
17. Implement Integrated Approach to Dealing with HIV and AIDS;
18. Develop and Implement a Wages Policy;
19. Establish a Comprehensive Social Protection System;
20. Nurture and Promote a National Values System;
21. Scale-up Best Practice from Past Interventions;
22. Exploit the Potential of Social and Solidarity Economy;
23. Mainstream and Cascade Employment Creation;
24. Reinforcing Policy, Institutional and Legal Framework.
Employment targets
- Employment opportunities
- -
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- -
Action plan for implementation
- National action plan
- -
- Subnational action plan
- -
Coordination framework
- NEP coordination framework?
- NA
Monitoring indicators
- Employment opportunities
- -
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- -
Target groups
- Youth
- Yes
- Women
- Yes
- Informal workers
- -
- Rural workers
- -
- Older persons
- -
- People with disabilities
- -
- Migrants workers
- -
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
- No target group
- -
Additional information:
Other: children.