President William Ruto has said that recruitment of Kenyans who take up the jobs in Germany after the two countries signed a labour mobility agreement will start in two weeks.
Speaking on Sunday, Ruto said the recruitment exercise for the first batch will be held on September 27, 2024.
He noted that while many did not believe his remarks when he announced that the program would be up soon, it has now come to pass.
"When I announced that we would have a chance for Kenyan youths to work in Germany, others said I was lying but on Friday they knew there is a plan and a possibility and while I was there on Friday, some Kenyans were already there to work.
"Additionally, on September 27, the first recruitment of Kenyan youths who will work in Germany will be held," Ruto said.
This comes after Kenyan and Germany signed the Comprehensive Agreement on Sharing of Labour, Talent and Mobility in Berlin on Saturday.
Under the deal, Germany agreed to open the doors to 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers in a controlled and targeted labour migration deal.
Germany agreed to ease some of its immigration laws to enable Kenyans find employment in Europe's biggest economy.
The agreement will also ease the repatriation of Kenyans who are in Germany without legal documentation.
The President said those who do not believe in what he says is because they walk by sight and not by faith.
He further stated that he is confident that the will of God will always prevail upon Kenya.
"I am sure, confident and persuaded that the will of God is going to happen in Kenya and no man, no force, nothing will stop the will of God from coming through for our nation."
Ruto spoke at the Stewards Revival Pentecostal Church in Embakasi where he had joined faithful for the Sunday service.
He was accompanied by among others Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja, National Assembly Majority leader Kimani Ichung'wah and a host of MPs from Nairobi County.
A number of MCA's also accompanied the President.
