Machakos County might just prove to be the best County in Kenya to be unemployed. If Machakos governor Alfred Mutua’s manifesto will come to pass, then jobless Kenyans will be better off in Machakos County as compared to the remaining 46 Counties in Kenya.
Governor Mutua is planning to introduce, for the first time ever in Kenya, what is known as Unemployment benefit. He says,” Together with relevant donors, I will provide food vouchers to all homes operating at below poverty level where father/mother are unemployed or homes of widows etc to get food from shops. No child will ever sleep hungry in Machakos County. I will also set up feeding centers in partnership with donors and people of good will to provide a hot meal for the homeless and destitute.”
If implemented, this will be the only county in Kenya which will provide food for the unemployed, widows and the homeless. Kenyans are only familiar with the government (county and national) providing food for the elderly.
Machakos Governor, under his motto “Maendeleo Chap Chap” is certainly heading for the skies as far as development agenda is concerned. His county was voted the number one during the first phase of devolution.
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