China to equip all 134 Technical Training Institutes countrywide with state of the art equipment.

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Kenya and the Chinese Government have reached an agreement that China equips state of art machinery and train students in some 134 Technical Training Institutes across the country. This will reverse the thread of technical colleges being transformed to universities and living a blue collar skills gap in the market. This are the current technical training institutes in the country and more are being set up as a pet project of DP Uncle Ruto.
Nairobi Technical Training Institute
Kabete Technical Training Institute
PC Kinyanjui Technical Training Institute
Mombasa Technical Training Institute
NEP Technical Training Institute
Meru Technical Training Institute
Nkabune Technical Training Institute
Kiirua Technical Training Institute
Mukiria Technical Training Institute
Katine Technical Training Institute
Wote Technical Training Institute
Mathenge Technical Training Institute
Nyeri Technical Training Institute
Michuki Technical Training Institute
Thika Technical Training Institute
Kitale Technical Training Institute
Rift Valley Technical Training Institute
Ollesos Technical Training Institute
Kaiboi Technical Training Institute
Baringo Technical Training Institute
Emining Technical Training Institute
Masai Technical Training Institute
Sigalagala Technical Training Institute
Shamberere Technical Training Institute
Bushiangala Technical Training Institute
Matili Technical Training Institute
Kisiwa Technical Training Institute
Musakasa Technical Training Institute
Bumbe Technical Training Institute
Mawego Technical Training Institute
Keroka Technical Training Institute
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The firm’s Vice President Liu Jun says the move will raise the standards of technical training Institutes in Kenya/CFM NEWS

By KENNEDY KANGETHE, NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 25 – Avic International Holding Corporation plans to increase its investments in Kenya’s technical education sector in a bid to improve the technical field labour pool. The firm said their plan to equip over 135 technical and vocational institutions with machinery is on course and will see Kenya’s manufacturing sector revived in the future. The firm’s Vice President Liu Jun says the move will raise the standards of technical training Institutes in Kenya.

“Through improving the technical education sector we have been upgrading the practical skills of students pursuing technical courses in Kenya to meet the needs of the country in its growth and industrialization. Kenya and Africa as a whole presents a very good opportunity for us to exploit the potential of these two countries and we are always happy to be part of this journey,” Liu said.

The firm in March this year offered Kenya a Sh28 billion concessionary loan to equip laboratories of 135 technical and vocational institutions with Chinese machinery in mechanical fields, electrical, lathe machining, rapid prototyping and computer numerical control. This is the second phase of the programme that aims to drive the country’s agenda of industrialising by 2030 for growth and wealth creation. The first phase, which started in 2013, involved 10 learning institutions and 15,000 students at a cost of Sh3.3 billion ($33 million) including the Technical University of Kenya (TUK) in Nairobi.

Liu was speaking in Nairobi during the launch of the third edition of the Africa Tech Challenge dubbed “Made in Kenya” which brought together students from Zambia, Uganda, Ghana and Kenya who will compete to come up with the most innovations.

The Made in Kenya programme aims to enlarge Kenya’s portfolio of finished goods that are manufactured locally and strengthen its balance of trade. Manufacturing’s contribution to the GDP has stagnated at 11 per cent in the past 10 years owing to the slow growth of the sector. Speaking during the Ceremony, Deputy President William Ruto reiterated the government’s commitment in rising the standards of technical training Institutes in Kenya

“As a country, we have made tremendous steps in trying to integrate technical education to be in line with our overall education goals. I wish to urge the relevant stakeholders to continue putting in more efforts in appreciating the role that these people play in the economic development of our country”, Ruto said.

Kenya plans to develop several industrial parks in its coastal towns and around geothermal fields in Naivasha and Nakuru to spur growth.This will require a large pool of technical manpower.

http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2016/10/avic-increase-investments-kenyas-education-sector/

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Great

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the government has given more work to the chinese than to kenyans…

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This duo is God sent. May they lead us for the next fifteen years…i propose kamwana to deputise ole mashamba after his tenure. Best duo ever

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@spear you need to tell us that this is a loan not a grant. That its chinese companies that will do the work. That chinese will work in most of the assignments.

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niaje bingwa

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Wachana na huyo Senior Stupid Sycophant. Yeye hata China ikisema itadinya Ruto kwa haga, he will proudly proclaim in a post “China to Give Ruto anal orgasms.”

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jubilee is auctioning kenya. Why can’t the government go to china and buy the equipment instead of giving chinese our money to buy equipment for us.

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Hapa masweep tu

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we dont have it

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Stop looking at the cup as half empty… Think of the spill-over effects of this action in the years to come due to the improved technical field labour pool . think of the improved quality of workmanship in our finished industrial products. Heck, even our jua-kali products will benefit since not all graduates of these technical training Institutes will seek formal employment.
Technicians are very vital to the development of a Country. These are hands-on fellas and are the guys who support Graduate Engineers. For every Engineer, you need about 10 technicians.

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The Mobius will be more refined etc etc

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For example Kenya despite having the best human resource in Africa (degrees) we lack specialised welders on industrial projects. The company building the new Mombasa-Nairobi oil pipeline had to import labour from Nigeria-Indonesia oil industry.

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It is ours, ju ni loan

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We’ll have more home grown solutions which will be of a higher standard than we have now.
As for Mobius they"ll have a wider and better trained hands-on pool of technicians to choose from.
Let’s kick mediocre products from Kenya with this belated action!

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Good news …DP is always passionate on issues Technologies

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Exactly my point. You can have the best Engineers but without a large pool of well trained technicians at all levels, then kazi itakuwa …Two steps forward, five steps backwards…

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ION, Omwami @uwesmake, kindly indulge us and tell us what could be happening to that lady in pic 1. Amekaza hata mikono…

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Hii Mobius enda website yao kwa Jobs section the only Kenyan university listed is UON. Hapana tambua watu wa JKUAT ama Mama Kamau University

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so watu ya UON have monopolized it same way they had the Engineering Board a few years back SMH