Labor and Skills Development PS Shadrack Mwadime shakes hands with Zambia's vice president, Mutale Namulongo/COURTESY The Kenya School of Government (KSG) has signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC) to enhance capacity development in Labour Administration across Africa.
The signing ceremony took place today on the sidelines of the 51st ARLAC Governing Council Meeting, taking place in Lusaka, Zambia.
Labour and Skills Development Principal Secretary Shadrack Mwadime, together with KSG senior acting Director Finance and Administration Tom Wanyama presided over the signing of the agreement with ARLAC.
ARLAC Executive Director Retselisitsoe Khetsi signed on behalf of ARLAC.
The MOU will foster collaboration in areas not limited to joint training and capacity building, joint publications of research articles, study visits, and creation of joint programs.
The signing ceremony was witnessed by the Zambian Vice President T.W. Mutale Nalumango, when she officially opened the Governing Council meeting.
The African Labour Administration Centre is an intergovernmental organisation with the mandate to strengthen labour administration systems in English speaking African countries.
This is through training, research, consultancy, advisory services, and publications.
While appending the signature, Khetsi recognised the important role of promoting the sharing of resources, competencies, and knowledgeable better practices of professional capacity development in respective areas of cooperation.
On its part, KSG noted that there are advantages in strengthening and consolidating mutual relationships within the African Union, New partnership for African Development, and the African Management Development Institute Network.
Mwadime is representing Labor Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua.
He is accompanied by Labour Commissioner Hellen Apiyo and acting NITA Director General Theresa Wasike.
The ongoing conference aims at addressing the challenges posed by continued growth of the informal economy without an accompanying increase in efforts to facilitate transition to formality.
Some negative results include low productivity, tax evasion, labour exploitation, and an uneven playing field.