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OPINION: Employ more youths and watch the gap between rich and poor lessen

According to the data released by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 38.9% of young Kenyans are jobless and this further widens the gap between the rich and the poor.

A lot of money is spent on education only for the graduates to join the dreaded search for jobs, well known to many as ‘tarmacking’. This situation has been exacerbated by a shrinking economy, political instability and pervasive income inequality, especially now during a time of crisis.

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