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Is education a hopeless investment? Desperate tales of jobless graduates

Brigit Auma Lubai (centre) with her parents Josephine Ajiambo (left) and Ibrahim Wafula Lubai at their home in Ruai,Nairobi County. [PHOTO/ELVIS OGINA/Standard]

Education is one of the biggest investments in Kenyan households, but the returns are not always commensurate if the current unemployment rate is anything to go by.

Some time back, Bridget Maria Lubia was in the spotlight when she carved herself a place among top candidates countrywide in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams. With this news, a promising future beckoned.

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