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Over 500,000 condemned to 'jobless corner' for a year

Close to half a million Kenyans 'tarmacked' for more than a year without getting a job, a new labour report has shown.

The quarterly labour report from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that another 600,000 Kenyans were forced to work in low-paying or low-skilled jobs after being jobless for a long while.

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