Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says only 10 out of 300 health workers who did an English test for UK jobs passed.
Kenya and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed a Bilateral Agreement for collaboration on healthcare workforce on 29th July 2021.
The Agreement allows Kenyan healthcare professional to be recruited to work in the National Health Service (NHS) of the UK.
Under the Agreement, the two governments will undertake capacity enhancement of human resources for health for purposes of delivery of basic and specialized services, by promoting knowledge and skills transfer.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection has been mandated to spearhead implementation of the Agreement in terms of recruitment and facilitating migration of qualified candidates to the United Kingdom. This will be carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.
The positions were advertised by the National Employment Authority.
The special programme came at the request of the Government of Kenya to channel nurses currently unemployed into jobs.
The government has continued to facilitate jobless Kenyans with lucrative opportunities to work abroad through collaborations in the transport, medical and education sectors
