US signs pact to train and hire 2,000 Kenyans in textile industry

INDUSTRIALISATION SECRETARY ADAN MOHAMMED TRIES HIS HAND ON A SEWING MACHINE DURING A TOUR OF AN EPZ ON THIKA ROAD IN JANUARY. FILE PHOTO | NMG  

About 2,000 Kenyan youth are set to be trained and be employed in the textile industry following the signing of a grant between the US government and a Kenyan firm.

In the deal signed on Friday between the USAid East Africa Trade and Investment Hub (the Hub) and Generation Program Kenya Limited, a local subsidiary of the McKinsey Social Initiative, the programme seeks to recruit, train and employ 2,000 Kenyan youth in the apparel industry.

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