The National Employment Authority will be headed by a director-general and will have offices in every county to advise the national and county governments on employment policies.
The National Youth Employment Bill was changed significantly, on the advice of the Labour and Social Welfare Committee, and the functions of the authority broadened to encompass all unemployed people, not just the youth.
The authority will be required to circulate all job vacancies advertised using social media, the Internet and published materials and provide counselling to the unemployed.
A law has been passed to set up a national institution to keep data on the unemployed.
It will be the first place the government looks to when job vacancies arise.
