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A mason goes on with construction work. (Photo: Fred Kibor/Standard)
Kenya is set to bridge the wide gap on shortage of skilled labour in the building and construction sector as more people graduate from the Housing Finance Foundation programme. The firm seeks to train 1 million artisans.
A total of 63 artisans have been awarded certificates after undergoing a maximum of eight weeks competency-based training in masonry, electrical installation and tiling. And 25 artisans were trained in electrical installation for six weeks, 20 on tiling and the remaining 19 underwent training in masonry.
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