By Rhoda Musili
Early this morning, Mutomo Maarifa Centre was privileged to
host Kitui county officials who were on a tour to familiarize themselves on
Maarifa Centre operations with a bias on ICT provision services.
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| Ms. Emma Ngute listens keenly to a point(Photo: Rhoda Musili/ALIN) |
Among the visitors was Ms. Emma Ngute, the assistant director
in charge of ICT and Kamunda John, the assistant director, Trade. The two
officials were accompanied by Mr. Antony Mugo, Deputy Director, ALIN.
During the meeting, the Field Officer, Ms. Rhoda Musili
outlined Maarifa Centre services focusing on the impact of ICT training especially
to the youth.
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| The county officials interact with ALIN's Deputy Director Antony Mugo (Right) and Maarifa Centre beneficiaries (Photo: Rhoda Musili/ALIN) |
She elaborated that 419
community members had benefited from ICT training that ran for the period
January 2012-July 2013 pointing out that 79%
youth benefited while 21% of the
trainees were adults.
The visitors also heard that apart from ICT training,
community members also benefited from e-government services, library services
as well as capacity building opportunities.
Mr. Mugo informed the visitors that ALIN, through Sokopepe
was providing market linkages between producers and buyers.
The Maarifa Centre’s Advisory committee chairman Mr. Benson
Nyamai expanded on the committee’s role of providing linkages between the local
community to the Maarifa Centre emphasizing the committee was comprised of
community group leaders, local government representatives and other
organizations working within the locality.
Trainees who had benefited from the training also
elaborated how they are now able to use the gained skills to engage in income
generating activities and also to secure jobs which have led to an improved livelihood.
