KIPPRA participated in the launch of the COVID-19 County Socio-economic Re-engineering and Recovery Strategy on 4th December 2020. The event was graced by His Excellency, President Uhuru Kenyatta. The develoment of the strategy was a culmination of collaborative work between KIPPRA and the Council of Governors.
The Ksh132 billion recovery plan has five pillars namely: boosting private sector activity; strengthening ICT capacity; human capital development; policy, legislative and institutional reforms; and strengthening county government’s preparedness and response to pandemics and disasters.
H.E President Uhuru Kenyatta (second from left) launches the strategy. [Photo: Courtesy of Council of Governors]
The strategy prioritizes agriculture, water and sanitation, urban development and housing, transport, tourism, health, education, social protection and gender as anchor sectors that will help counties recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Women entrepreneurs present an opportunity to restructure the job market through self-employment. Promotion of this segment of businesses is critical in complementing the business sector, which is male-dominated.
In Kenya, about 83.6 per cent of the workforce is in the informal sector, contributing substantially to economic development but lacking financial security as they age due to limited access to pensions. Unlike formal sector employees with statutory pensions such as the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), informal workers are often excluded from these programmes.
By Francis Kaloi Introduction Coffee is a key pillar of Kenya’s economy, ranking as the third-largest agricultural export, with its premium Arabica coffee prized globally
