![]() The ILO estimates, collated by the World Bank Group, put the unemployment rate in Kenya at 5.6% of the total labour force going by the strict definition of unemployed persons being those who do not have a job and are actively searching. ![]() ![]() Latest estimates by the International Labour Organisation show Kenya has one of the highest rates of unemployment in the seven-nation East African Community bloc, only dwarfed by South Sudan and Rwanda. However, many of them are not landing jobs as soon as they graduate. According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, last year alone, 3.12 million youths aged between 20 and 35 did not have jobs, a stiff climb from similar statistics two years ago, when 1.85 million wandered the streets without much hope.Īccording to the education sector report by the National Treasury, 80,056 undergraduate students graduated from various public universities in 2021. Today, this country is in a crisis of soaring unemployment, and the statistics are quite disheartening. The number of Kenyan graduates fruitlessly searching for jobs after leaving school have increased even as many more give up on the job hunt, reflecting a tough economic environment. Kenya's unemployment crisis: a ticking time bomb.
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