You can turn that hobby into a business venture

According to available data, Kenya’s unemployment rate has doubled to 10.4 percent in the second quarter of this year. That sharp increase was largely because the coronavirus pandemic stripped away 1.7 million jobs. To make matters worse, 7 million Kenyans were already unemployed during this second quarter. Even more disturbing, one fifth of these jobless millions are young people between the ages of 20 and 29.

Kenya’s unemployment rate must give us all sleepless nights. All of us who are able to, must fill Kenya’s jobs void. That is why I remain passionately committed to playing my role in restoring jobs and livelihoods across the country. Every day, Honda Kenya where I serve as chairperson, assembles about 140 motorcycles, which translates to at least 140 full-time jobs once they are bought.