Every Graduate Should Be Paid Ksh 10,000 Before Being Employed - Babu Owino

Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino has proposed that graduates be paid after completing their university education.

In a video posted on his Twitter account on Thursday February 16, Babu Owino suggested the graduates be given a monthly stipend of ten thousand shillings until they secure employment.

“Every university graduate should be given at least ten thousand shillings on a monthly basis before they get a job,” he stated.

The ODM MP stated that he would introduce an amendment motion at the National Assembly for HELB to be changed from a loan to a grant.

“I want to bring an amendment to the HELB act such that HELB becomes a grant and not a loan. I also want to bring a motion in parliament that will allow those students that have cleared campus and they have HELB loans for all those loans to be scrapped off,” said Babu Owino.

He further stated that he would table another amendment proposal on the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) act to allow salaries of various professionals to be reviwed at regular intervals.

“We want to bring an amendment to the SRC act to allow the Salaries and Remuneration Commission to review the salaries of various professionals in this nation at regular intervals. Doctors' and nurses' salaries must be reviewed upwards,” he noted.