Unemployment Allowance in Kenya: Jobless youths in Kenya may soon start getting Sh. 3,000 monthly allowance if a proposal to amend the Employment Act and Social assistance Act is approved by parliament.

The proposal, which is being fronted by Saboti MP Caleb Amisi and Kimili MP Didmus Barasa will also see graduate and diploma interns get a monthly stipend of Sh. 25,000.

According to reports, Mr. Amisi wants the Social Assistance Act no.24 of 2014 amended so that any unemployed youth to receive a hardship allowance of 12,000 after every four months in form assistance from the government.

Amisi’s legislative proposal also seeks to amend section 22 of the Principal Act to make provision for the Cabinet Secretary to gazette hardship allowance.

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“The unemployed people in Kenya are not provided with unemployment allowance or any social assistance as it is the case in some countries. A big number of unemployed youth are unable to sustain living in urban areas where opportunities are found,” Mr. Amisi told the Daily Nation.

The Nation further reports that latest UNDP report indicate that the latest number of unemployed youth is 2.6 million. This will mean the government will spend Sh. 93.6 billion in the first year to accommodate the unemployed youths; the figure will however shoot to Sh 100.8 billion in the second year to cater for the unemployment allowance in Kenya.