Shared misery of attachment seekers

At the end of three or four years at the university, you will be issued with a piece of paper addressing ‘whomever it may concern’. After that, you will be shoved into the cold and cruel world and be expected to learn everything practical in the job market. Industrial attachment, they will call it.

You will be excited, no doubt, until you realise that it is payless and thankless. Most employers seek skills. Herein lies a problem. It is a tall order finding skills in a Kenyan system that pumps handouts after handouts of theory into students’ heads. You will look at the application form and scoff. Two years experience, most will demand.