Lamu youth who applied for various positions at the new port-LAPSSET have decried being left out in the ongoing recruitment of staff ahead of the port commissioning on May 30. Over 100 dock worker positions have been advertised with over 1,000 Lamu youth having already applied. He claimed even during the construction of the port, youth were denied casual jobs which were handed to people from other counties. In his response, KPA Head of Corporate Affairs Bernad Osero said Lamu youth had been prioritised during the shortlisting and interviews for the dock worker posts. Osero said the successful appointees are currently undertaking orientation training in Mombasa after which they will be deployed to the Lamu port from June when the operations begin.

Source: The Star May 07, 2021 08:03 UTC