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Shame of Kenya’s 2.3m lost youth with no jobs, hope

A majority of young Kenyans leaving institutions of higher learning are pushed into the informal sector due to limited formal jobs. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Kenya cannot account for 2.3 million of its youth who, as of last December, consisted of a ‘lost generation’ that was neither working nor in any form of education or training.

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