When the government announced plans to secure jobs abroad for skilled Kenyans, Jedida Mutiso, a trained nurse, was optimistic of changing her family’s fortunes.

She was among thousands of Kenyans who showed up for the inaugural mass recruitment spearheaded by the Ministry of Labour led by Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua at Machakos School for the Blind.

She hoped for a well-paying job abroad and after assessment, she qualified for a nursing job. “Being a nurse with experience this was an opportunity that had opened itself and brought near to me. I was among the first group to arrive at the recruitment centre,” she said.