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The UK Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott has expressed optimism that the first batch of nurses report to London in the next two or three months.
Addressing a section of journalists from different media houses hosted at her residence to discuss the Kenya-UK Partnership on Defence, Security and Stability on Tuesday, August 17 2021, the ambassador noted that the two countries were working through legal practicability.
"The recruitment notice has gone out and the ministry of labour is dealing with that. We are going through the slow laborious bureaucratic process to work out the legal practicality on how to get the nurses over there and make sure they’re properly supported integrated into the National Health Service (NHS). I hope to have the first nurses over there within the next two or three months,” Marriott told journalists.
On 29 July 2020, the UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Labour CS Simon Chelugui, signed the agreement on Kenyan recruitment into the UK’s National Health Service.
The Ministry of Labour through the National Employment Authority has opened applications for Kenyan nurses interested in working in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Interested applicants are required to register through a specialised portal at: https://neaims.go.ke/.
Kenya on UK’s Travel Red List
In addition to partnerships between UK and Kenya, Commissioner Marriott also addressed several other issues including Kenya being on the red list for entering England.
Marriott noted that Kenya being on the red list was not a political decision but a concern with the new Covid-19 variant, Beta.
The UK ambassador added that Kenya needed to do more genomic sequencing to identify new Covid-19 variants and vaccinate the population.
The Ambassador stated that they were working with Kemri to get more genomic sequencing and identify the variants. She expressed optimism that Kenya would be off the red list in the next two or three months.
Marriott mentioned that the Kenyan population needs to get vaccinated adding that the UK was supporting the country through donating vaccines.
Addressing a section of journalists from different media houses hosted at her residence to discuss the Kenya-UK Partnership on Defence, Security and Stability on Tuesday, August 17 2021, the ambassador noted that the two countries were working through legal practicability.
"The recruitment notice has gone out and the ministry of labour is dealing with that. We are going through the slow laborious bureaucratic process to work out the legal practicality on how to get the nurses over there and make sure they’re properly supported integrated into the National Health Service (NHS). I hope to have the first nurses over there within the next two or three months,” Marriott told journalists.
On 29 July 2020, the UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Labour CS Simon Chelugui, signed the agreement on Kenyan recruitment into the UK’s National Health Service.
The Ministry of Labour through the National Employment Authority has opened applications for Kenyan nurses interested in working in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Interested applicants are required to register through a specialised portal at: https://neaims.go.ke/.
Kenya on UK’s Travel Red List
In addition to partnerships between UK and Kenya, Commissioner Marriott also addressed several other issues including Kenya being on the red list for entering England.
Marriott noted that Kenya being on the red list was not a political decision but a concern with the new Covid-19 variant, Beta.
The UK ambassador added that Kenya needed to do more genomic sequencing to identify new Covid-19 variants and vaccinate the population.
The Ambassador stated that they were working with Kemri to get more genomic sequencing and identify the variants. She expressed optimism that Kenya would be off the red list in the next two or three months.
Marriott mentioned that the Kenyan population needs to get vaccinated adding that the UK was supporting the country through donating vaccines.