Employment Stories
According to the Federation of Kenyan Employers (FKE), youths aged 15–34, who form 35 per cent of the population, face an unemployment rate of 67 per...
If Parliament approves the Bill, multinational companies will be required to ensure that at least 80 per cent of their staff are Kenyan citizens, incl...
A nationwide survey found that nearly 79 per cent of employers have only 0–25 per cent of their workforce as persons with disabilities.
Unpaid domestic and care work covers two major categories, unpaid domestic work such as cooking, cleaning and laundry, and unpaid care work, which inc...
The Persons with Disabilities Act (2025) mandates that employers with 20 or more employees ensure that at least five per cent of their workforce compr...
The government’s crackdown follows viral protests and growing outrage from young Kenyans conned out of millions.
Highlighting persistent inequality despite decades of progress in science, technology, and innovation, President Ruto stressed that no country can suc...
The court found the government guilty of defying orders to compensate 284 ex-soldiers unlawfully dismissed, detained, and tortured after the failed 19...
Stagnant wages, rising expenses, and the appeal of financial independence are prompting employees to manage multiple income streams, blending formal e...
The affected workers are from Chemilil, South Nyanza (Sony), Muhoroni, and Nzoia sugar companies. They moved to court, accusing the government of decl...
Gebeyehu revealed that more than 1.5 million citizens from IGAD countries migrate to the Middle East and Gulf states annually, through the dangerous R...
Citing police reform history, the Police service commission told the Labour court that its independence is vital to keeping politics out of police rec...
In its latest edition of Africa’s Pulse report, the lender reckoned that wage jobs and productive employment are scant in the region, as medium-sized...
The latest Stanbic Bank's Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which gauges the level of private sector activities, rose to 51.9 during the month, from 4...
Under the proposal, CUE would be empowered to set quotas for specific programmes that produce the highest number of unemployed graduates, particularly...
President William Ruto confirmed the programme’s launch on Friday after a high-level meeting with Principal Secretaries at State House, Nairobi.
KCAA was ordered to pay her Sh2,221,104, equivalent to six months' salary, as general damages for breach of constitutional and contractual rights.
The future of work in Africa will not be defined by smooth transitions, but by complex entanglements. Recognising and supporting these entanglements m...
Today’s youngest professionals are navigating a job market marked by intense competition, rapid technological change, and increasingly uncertain caree...
The situation has left Capt. Lunani's reinstatement in limbo, with two arms of government pulling in opposite directions.
The employment decline occurs despite a surge in mobile subscriptions and usage. Mobile SIM connections rose to 76.7 million by June 2025, from 68.9 m...
CS Ogamba said the Employment and Labour Relations Court had issued an order earlier on Thursday stopping the industrial action, pending a legally san...
Part-time work accounts for 15 per cent of adults, while 10 per cent identify as students and 6 per cent as homemakers or family caregivers.
In 2013, the share of women in high-skill employment was already higher than that of men, at 21.2 per cent, compared to men’s 17.5 per cent.
The report notes that 82 per cent of banks intend to shrink their cost base by at least 10 per cent by 2030, with around a third aiming for reductions...
CoB Margaret Nyakang’o said the unpaid bills are causing “liquidity challenges, potential business closures, job losses, and increased government expe...
A report by Uganda's Inspectorate of Government reveals that one out of three civil servants bribed their way into the job. Now there are calls to ref...
Data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows that these two sectors are the most confident about expanding staff numbers in 2025 compared to last y...
This trend suggests that multinationals are relying more on Kenyan professionals while cautiously expanding their local workforce after the disruption...
The restriction, which began in 2021, has now been prolonged, shutting the door on new entrants into state employment.
