[kictanet] [labor issues] why Kenya should urgently BAN unpaid internships

[Ali Hussein]

Jimmy

I encourage you to read my email again. You seem to have missed my point.
:-)

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On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 3:24 PM Jimmy Gitonga <jimmygitts at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hapo sawa Brathe, :-D
>
> I think what we are really asking is a societal question. Unpaid
> internships are not illegal. Swopping out internship with apprenticeship
> does not answer the underlying question.
>
> Why should internships be paid for? The answer is a social impact one, not
> a business one. It being construed as a business decision is what people
> are up in arms about. Internship is a "giving back", "paying forward” or
> “leg up" kind of thing.
>
> Who should pay for interns to flourish in private organisations? Should
> the company pay for the labour? Should the intern pay for the opportunity
> and experience?? Who owes who?
>
> With the best regards,
> *Jimmy Gitonga*
>
>
>
>
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> On 4 Apr 2019, at 11:23 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>
> Jimmy
>
> Let me be clear and remove my 'cleverness' :-)
>
> My deep conviction is this:-
>
> We are bucking the wrong tree. Let's go back to the basics. Let's redefine
> what an internship/apprenticeship means. Firstly, let's accept that the
> internship concept has been so bastardized that it has lost meaning. I
> would like at this point to replace internship with apprenticeship.
> Apprenticeship used to mean:-
>
> *A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed
> to work for a fixed period at low wages.*
>
> Let us have candid conversations around changing mindsets  - both from a
> corporate perspective and an internee/apprentice perspective.
>
> Regards
>
> *Ali Hussein*
> *Principal*
> *AHK & Associates*
>
>
> Tel: +254 713 601113
> Twitter: @AliHKassim
> Skype: abu-jomo
> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
>
> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,
> Chiromo Road, Westlands,
> Nairobi, Kenya.
>
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