EFFORTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY.

 THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY.

Poverty levels in Kenya have been high and hence well laid procedures and practices needs to be taken

into consideration so as to fight this mega issue. Some of the major steps taken into place in fighting

poverty are as discussed below :

. Encouraging foreign investment into our country

 Through foreign investment, more companies will be established hence creating more job

opportunities for our youth. Youths fall under the major group of the unemployed and make up the

greater number of the population. Hence when the youths are employed, most of the population will be

employed. Thus, their living standards will improve therefore eradicating poverty.

. Favourable government policies.

Policies implemented by the government should be favourable and friendly to the poor and the less

fortunate. Taxes imposed on the poor shouldn’t create a more huge burden to them . On the contrary ,

they should be lowly taxed or not taxed at all . This will assist them to raise more money hence meeting

their needs becomes much easier. The surplus funds they have will also help them invest so as to

generate more and more money hence increasing their living standards and thus eradicating poverty.

. Provision of loans with lower interest rates.

Low interest loans provided to the poor will be beneficial as they’ll be able to invest and generate more

money. On loan repayment, the burden will be much lesser as the interest rates are favourable to them.

The money they generate from their investment will help them raise their living standards hence

eradication of poverty.

. Eradicating ignorance.

This is done by providing education and educational facilities to all the poor . More skills and abilities

gained will assist them acquire new jobs hence generate income . Due to availability of income , their

living standards will increase hence poverty levels will greatly decrease or go extinct totally.

More people more so the poor are illiterate hence there has been lack of awareness amongst people on

the availability of jobs as well as necessary skills to perform various jobs. Through educating them,

poverty eradication will be made possible as they will be well informed now on the various relevant jobs

they will undertake so as to generate money to raise their living standards.

. More government based industries might be put up to facilitate provision of job opportunities to the

poor . The government might also provide incentives to non governmental organizations as well as

reliving them the burden of tax so as to encourage them to produce more hence high more people.

Through this , the poor will benefit and improve their standards of living greatly.

The government may opt to privatize their companies too hence creating more and more job

opportunities to the poor .

. Reducing rural to urban migration.Most of the poor people are located in those huge cities. Most of them having gone there in search of

greener pastures and unfortunately ended up jobless . Hence providing job opportunities in rural areas

will help them vacate from those cities where their living standards are low to rural areas where they

can build themselves through the jobs offered . This will help them increase their standards of living and

also contribute to growth and development in rural areas in the long run.

.Even allocation of national resources to all regions within the country.

Resource allocation should be done in a transparent manner. The rich should not receive most of the

resources leaving the poor to scramble for the bare minimum or even non. Most of it should be

distributed to the poor so that they too can build themselves and make most use of it in generating

more income hence improving their standards of living.

Through this approach, there will be equity hence eradicating poverty will be much easier, as a unified

approach is used in this activity .

In conclusion, poverty eradication is very much possible if everyone cooperates in this fight. Good

governance , fighting impunity and hastening the fight against corruption will greatly contribute to the

success in fighting poverty amongst all citizens.

Together we can eradicate poverty if we all work together regardless of our diverse backgrounds .