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Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, on Monday, explained that expensive equipment were not distributed for the Special Public Works Programme because of the short term nature of the scheme.
Keyamo had come under fire when viral photos show him sharing wheelbarrows and cutlasses to beneficiaries of the Special Public Works Programme.
Reacting, Keyamo said the government would have to spend extra funds to train the beneficiaries should it distribute expensive modern-day tools.
The minister tweeted, “The 774,000 jobs is basically for our everyday labourers to carry out community services. It would not be financially prudent if govt were to spend billions for expensive equipment for 3-month jobs, then spend millions again training our labourers on how to use these equipment.”