Digital space alone can't end Kenya's joblessness crisis

A youth playing a game on his computer. [Getty Images]

During his Jamhuri Day speech dubbed 'Connect, Innovate and Inspire', President William Ruto stated his government plans to install 100,000km of digital highway through fibre optic to enable internet access in every part of the country so as to create one million jobs, courtesy of the technology space.

The president's initiative on internet connectivity is commendable although over emphasis of the same might exclude less internet savvy citizens from employment. One needs not to go further on digital highway exclusion when 20,000 Kenyans who had smartphones during Jamhuri Day celebrations at the Nyayo National Stadium got scholarship worth Sh100,000 each.