President William Ruto on Thursday announced that he directed all members of Parliament to build Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) hubs in every ward.
The Head of State explained that the hubs are expected to offer the youth a chance to access the internet and perform online jobs.
Addressing Garissa residents atop his car, Ruto revealed that he had given each lawmaker a four-month deadline to ensure that the project has been completed.
To aid the exercise, the President revealed that he had approved Ksh40 billion for the project and his government would ensure all wards have internet connectivity.
"I have signed a new law for CDF and in the law, I have directed that each ward should have an ICT hub," he stated.
"We have allocated Ksh40 billion to connect internet in every ward in Kenya so that the youth can get online and do digital jobs."
The President further revealed that during his international travels, he had secured 500,000 jobs for Kenyans.
"We entered an agreement with the US, Germany, France, UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia that they will give us 1 million jobs for Kenyan youth," he told the congregation.
"I have given MPs four months and every member of Parliament must make ready their ICT hub for us to create employment for the youth."
"I have already negotiated 500,000 jobs for Kenyans in different parts of the world and for that reason, we are signing 19 labour agreements including one with Germany to make sure that these young people can get jobs," the President added.
The government embarked on a project of connecting internet by laying cables on Kenya Power cable lines at a fee of Ksh300,000 per Kilometre of cable.
Early this month, ICT CS Eliud Owalo stated that the state aims to push the project to ensure connectivity of all ICT hubs that will be established in each ward.
He explained that the ICT hubs had already trained 149,000 youths in the project to undertake digital jobs.
