Varsity roots for alumni programme to bridge unemployment gap

KCA Vice Chancellor Isaiah Wakindiki says they track graduates' transition into the job market. [File, Standard]

In Kenya today, less than 40 per cent of university graduates transition smoothly into the job market.

These low absorption signals the struggles of Kenyan graduates. Coupled up with Industrial action which has become a permanent fixture of the higher education landscape, graduates suffer the triple tragedy of strict age limit cuts, competitive absorption and low entry salaries.