Creatively involve youth in virus recovery efforts

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage the land, the youth seem to be experiencing its worst impact. Whereas many were already suffering the long-term damaging effects associated with the existing decimated labour market, the young people now find themselves thrown into yet another hopeless and helpless situation.

With a youth unemployment estimated to be as high as 35 per cent and with approximately 800,000 young Kenyans entering the labour market yearly, the impact of Covid-19 has made things so much worse. Thus, for the youth, unemployment has taken a whole new turn, with an estimated 750,000 young Kenyans being unemployed during the first quarter of 2020. There seems to be little hope even for the degree holders, some of whom have resorted to selling njugus and roast maize on the streets.