Richard Muteti, the Jua kali sector chief in Kenya leads the Jua Kali Sector in partnering with National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) aimed at enhancing artisans’ skills, a Move to support growth of the Jua Kali sector.
the
partnership means Jua Kali artisans can acquire specific skills suited to their
trade for a small fee and that an artisan who has a specific job can walk into
a NITA Centre to use the specialized equipment suited for that job and pay a
small fee.
the
program will also allow skilled artisans but who have no papers to be certified
and be officially recognized as professional workers.it is an open program. One
only needs to go to NITA and demonstrate the skills that they have. And NITA
will use their own systems to certify them
With
over 80 per cent of the Kenyan economy anchored on the informal sector, a role
significantly played by the Jua Kali sector, enabling the players in the
industry through skills up-skilling ad re-skilling is necessary. This way, the
workers can produce higher quality goods and services that can also be exported
to the international market.
Mr. Richard Muteti is also the Chairman of COMESA Business Council SMEs Work-Group as well as the Head of Secretariat/CEO of the Confederation of Micro and Small Enterprises Organisation East Africa (CMSEO-EA) and The Regional EAC Project Manager of the EAC MSMEs Trade Fairs
