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Is employment crisis due to lack of people to hire, or no job openings?

Peter Mbondo, a porter at Muthurwa market in Nairobi offloads sacks of sweet potatoes from a lorry on July 15, 2021. [Denish Ochieng,Standard]

The World Bank’s 2020 global employment statistics place Kenya’s unemployment rate at three per cent. This is a conservative figure going by the indicators used. We all know the actual numbers are way higher, the situation more dire.  

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