Truth About Diaspora Support Services For Kenyans

By Susan Schmidt


Over the decades, there has been a great number of people who have moved out to places all over the world in search of greener pastures and when I say pastures I mean better jobs. Kenya is one of the African countries whereby we find its citizen in nearly half of the worlds countries. Travelling out of their mother land can be triggered by a number of facts and for either reason diaspora support services for Kenyans really comes in handy.

These include travelling for fun, further studies and job seeking with better wages. These citizens bring back a lot of positive things to their mother land which includes foreign currency. When the currency arrives to the country it helps in upgrading the economy of the country since the Kenyan Shilling gains value as more funds are brought forth.

There are great gainers when the cash from foreign land comes to the country; these includes agriculture which is the most valued sector, real estate which is a sector that is experiencing a high growth rate among other sectors. When these sectors are improved, unemployed people get jobs directly or indirectly. They are specialists in different fields that require their skilled expertise.

Let us have a wider view of these sectors starting with the highly relied one which is agriculture. Kenyans who live abroad send money back to the country which they require it to be used in different ways like growing, processing raw materials into finished products, searching for better market and disbursing the high quality agricultural products which are sold to both regional and international markets. These triggers to employments of agricultural officers, farm workers who ensure they take care of the produce, people who supply agro chemicals and fertilizers and so on.

Real estate is another sector that has hit the headlines putting it at a high level; increase in population has made land expensive hence resolving to build houses which share the same compound which are later sold. Kenyan soil has been eyed by different investors even those from foreign countries; when the sector continue to grow people who have the know-how of benefit from it like architects, electricians and civil engineers; the income tax increases through this sector.

Kenyas economy improves greatly since many of these Kenyans send cash to their motherland through banks and companies like Western Union. The high growth rate of these money transfer channels record huge profits which are handled to the government accounts through tax. These cash is used to build better infrastructure, and several other uses.

Companies which provide legal advice and are not left out within aiding economic growth. They help citizens who live abroad in financial advice, better investment opportunities and advice them on the pros and cons of businesses they would like to venture in . Government also taxes these consortiums and cash used for economic growth.

In the long run, the economy grows at a high rate. This helps every stake holder who ventures into the field which investments are channeled in directly. Contrary to the views of critics who think that the country has a lot to lose than gain by sending these competent individuals in foreign countries, this strategies works for the betterment of these individuals and the country at large.




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