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Fact is that it is much easier to get another job while you’re still employed. Employers tend to prefer to hire people who are already employed.

The recent crackdown on illegal immigrants in Kenyan is being celebrated by Kenyans who believe they take our jobs. How many jobs have they taken up?

Foreigners who don't have valid work permits have 60 days to acquire them.

I had seen a couple of the adverts promising a weekly fortune, somerhwere between 8,000 to 10,000 shillings. I was tempted by the prospect of working at the comfort of my home and earn such an amount of money being a broke university student. So I took the number and contacted the person

The low number of youth turning to take up the 30 per cent Government tenders reserved for them has now reached worrying levels. Government reports indicate that the procurement rule, meant to improve youth’s fortunes, is not living up to the expectation. Of the Sh63 billion reserved for the youth, only Sh3 billion has been spent.

The International Youth Day will be marked around the globe with pomp and colour on Monday, a day after a street festival has kicked off week long celebrations in Kenya.

Lack of labour market information is hampering the creation of job opportunities for youth and women in the country, Alexio Musindo, Director International Labour Organization (ILO) has said.