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Jobs set to boom, fade in the next five years - report
Alfred Onyango  |  Jan 15, 2025

Farmworkers top the list as the most lucrative venture over the coming half a decade, the report says.

20 million Kenyans at risk of hunger as they struggle with economic challenges – KNBS
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 15, 2025

Nakuru has emerged as Kenya's second-largest county by gross domestic product (GDP), surpassing Kiambu, the KNBS report shows.

Kenya ranked among states with poor measure of job quality - report
Alfred Onyango  |  Jan 04, 2025

The report notes that despite strides in economic growth, the country's overall job quality score remains dismally low.

Job loss crisis looms as state shuts more than 200 companies
Alfred Onyango  |  Jan 04, 2025

In addition to the 202 companies that have already been struck off, the registrar has also put other 116 businesses on notice for intended dissolution...

71% of employed Kenyan youths turn to side hustles for extra income
Amina Wako  |  Dec 10, 2024

Forty-four per cent of respondents earn less than Sh30,000 per month, while 20 per cent earn between Sh30,000 and Sh50,000.

Untapped potential of older workers key to addressing labour underutilisation
Alfred Onyango  |  Oct 05, 2024

When becoming jobless, seniors tend to leave the labour force altogether rather than job-seeking.

World Bank urges new strategies to create jobs in Global South
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 28, 2024

In Kenya, data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows around 3.5 million Kenyan youth are jobless and not in school.

Abused and overworked: The harsh realities facing most domestic workers
Mishi Gongo  |  Sep 01, 2024

Many domestic workers find themselves working for more than eight hours a day without proper compensation

African youths the most job insecure globally - UN labour agency
Alfred Onyango  |  Aug 12, 2024

ILO says over one million young people enter the country's labour market annually without any skills, some having either dropped out of school or comp...

Varsity students take Mombasa Governor to task over insecurity, drugs and unemployment
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jul 21, 2024

The event highlighted the urgent need for comprehensive solutions to the challenges facing Mombasa's youth, with the governor pledging to address the...

Why thousands of jobless Kenyans will have to wait longer for employment
Alfred Onyango  |  Jun 12, 2024

CEOs of private sector firms expressed the need to cut costs and improve efficiency as reasons for not hiring.

Procurement specialist finds money and solace in cooking after years of unemployment
Mishi Gongo  |  May 13, 2024

Msundi was persuaded, against her better judgement, mark you, that searching for employment in her field of specialisation was hopeless. 

3 graduates who failed to land jobs now make nearly Sh30,000 daily from farming
Mishi Gongo  |  Mar 25, 2024

Other than research, the trio also shifted from rainfed agriculture to irrigation and dug their own dam.

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