Written by Richard Kayenda
MZUZU-(MaraviPost)—Government through the Ministry of Labour has stressed that it will put in place a national committee on employment so that by September it should convert the one million jobs dream into reality.
Speaking to journalists on Monday, Minister of Labour, Ken Kandodo, said the Tonse Alliance Government has already embarked on consultative meetings to ensure the one million jobs project begins to bear fruits by September this year.
“We have some financial institutions like Medef who are providing or lending funds for business to these Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). You will also recall that this government is making available funds for Medef in particular of K75 billion for lending to SMEs and smaller business people. And so, our idea is that we must leverage on the Medef lending so as to encourage the SMEs who will benefit from the Medef funds to create jobs in their sector,” said Honorable Kandodo.
Kandodo, who was in the company of his second in command, Vera Kamtukule, disclosed that the project will also reach out to the private sector.
Commenting on the sentiments, youth rights activist, Charles Kajoloweka of Youth and Society (YAS) and a team leader of Youth Decide Campaign, said his organisation will monitor the progress of the project in under twelve months.
Kajoloweka said: “We would want to see government implementing the interventions on one million jobs. And as a campaign, we will be able to monitor that and give our evaluation after twelve months.”
In the run up to 2020 fresh presidential polls, Tonse Alliance; a consortium of nine political parties in the country, promised Malawians that it would create one million jobs in one year once ushered into power.