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Government spokesman Col (Rtd) Cyrus Oguna (third left) when he visited the home of successful Ajira Digital Programme graduate Emmanuel Mwenda (second right) in Kiritiri area of Embu County. [Joseph Muchiri,

When Maxwell Ndambuki graduated with a P1 education certificate in 2012, he hoped to secure gainful employment to enable him earn a living and support his elderly parents back in Kitui.

Unfortunately, the only job available was teaching in a private school at a salary of Sh5,000, a far cry from the payslip he had dreamed of. He taught for just two terms and resigned to join a friend in Nairobi who worked as a freelance online writer and was doing well financially.

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