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.