According to recent reports the total number of university graduates who are employed under the State internship program, has dropped by 729 this year. The drop is coming at a time when a number of government agencies and ministries have been prohibited from hiring new staff.
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has made it known that a total of 2,421 interns will be positioned at a number of MDAs (Ministries, Departments and Agencies) from the 25th of January 2021. This is considerably lower than the total of 3,150 interns the year before (2020).
The selected interns, have been chosen from a range of courses which include education, animal sciences, engineering, humanities, and business. Selected interns, will be stationed at state offices across the 290 constituencies.
The 54.6 percent reduction in hires, might just hurt the hopes of scores of university graduates who are unemployed and were looking at the programme as a means to gain access to possible opportunities in the 9 to 5 job market.
The National Treasury Secretary; Ukur Yatani via a circular to all ministries and agencies with regards to the the preparation of the budget for the 2021/2022 year halted the recruitment of staff and interns.
In his words, “It is, therefore, the policy of the government to contain the wage bill to the medium term targets. In this regard SWGs (Sector Working Groups) should not allocate resources for new recruitment, interns or upgrading unless there is prior approval from the National Treasury.”
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