Value local interests when rooting for foreign investors

President Uhuru Kenyatta deserves credit for saying, “Kenyans do not aspire to do back-breaking work for little gain,” recently. The expectation is that those selected to the cabinet will ensure rules of engagement with foreign and local investors are clear and straight-forward; that workers must be paid a fair living wage.

Although the International Labour Organisation, of which the Central Organisation of Trade Unions is a  member, has clear guidelines on how to compensate workers, the sad reality is that developing countries pay little attention to them in their scramble for foreign investors.