WHAT THE KENYA GOVERNMENT CAN BORROW FROM SAUDI IN ALLEVIATING
UNEMPLOYMENT
Saudization is a term used to refer
to the new policy by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to compel all the Saudi
employers to designate a specific quota of job opportunities in that
organization to Saudi nationals. The policy is implemented by the ministry of labor
of the Saudi government.
The government of Saudi formulated
this policy with the hope it will significantly arrest the soaring unemployment
rates; under the slogan,” put the Saudi in the Saudization.”
Although the Saudi government and its
political elite are happy with it, the proponent of this system; the business
community harbor mixed feelings. They have sounded alarm bells against its
implementation and even attempted to seek a way of repealing it.
It is worthy to note that the program
as fashioned by the Saudi government opens doors to the Saudis who take
advantage of the government directive. When they take up the jobs their
domestic or household economy improves. This is a plus to the government and to
the employees and their families. The overall effect is that their domestic
economy improves.
From their domestic percapita
incomes; their standards of living increases. Their purchasing power and the
overall personal development also improves. With an improved living standard
comes the comfort of a happy life.
Also, the fact that the unemployed
Saudi is able to find work, is both for the good of the government and for the
individual; both micro and macro economics are promoted. The government makes
income from tax and levies attributed to those employments. The resultant
effect is felt too in the domestic trade industry where money is in the hands
of the employed.
The Saudization of the Saudi
telecommunication has demerits too. First and foremost, most Saudis have become
choosy to the extent they only want sedentary jobs; that of course requires
less input. This way the implementation of the scheme is curtailed.
Consequently the Saudi government misses out on the benefits therein.
Two, by the very fact that this quota
is reserved for the Saudi, It pauses a challenge; it becomes hard to fire or
punish the Saudis absorbed in this policy since they are immunized by the
policy. In fact most of them wouldn’t show up to work or observe
responsibility.
The scheme is bound to cause a shift
in the economy where all the youths eye the government opportunities, this
ultimately lead to neglect of the supporting sectors hence frictional and
cyclic unemployment.
If all youths go for these jobs they
will not be able to harness their talents for economic gains as they set all their
hopes in government jobs. Agriculture is another sector that is not fully under
the government quota. If all youths neglect farming and concentrate in official
jobs the sectors, like manufacturing industry dies to inadequate supply. The
same recession will be for micro business and entrepreneurship.
LEVEL OF ABSORPTION
CARTERIES OF COMPANIES
The companies and organizations are
categorized according to compliance; those that do not comply are punished
correspondingly to their non compliance
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