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Roselyne Akoth at JKIA from Saudi Arabia where she was working as a house girl since 2014, still unpaid and sick 13/09/14 [PHOTO/ MOSES OMUSULA]
Kenya leads the East African region in the number of young people out of work with the figure rising from 17.4 per cent in 2014 to 20 per cent in 2016, according to the World Bank.
Last year, a research conducted by pollster Trends and Insights for Africa (Tifa) and the job-listing site Brighter Monday found that 53 per cent of the people surveyed reported to be unemployed.
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