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Mass quest for State jobs signals ailing market

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 Constitution capped the number of ministries and by extension principal secretaries. [iStockphoto]

Why would 9,154 well-educated men and women apply for the 49 advertised positions for principal secretaries (PSs)?

Probability lessons from Form Three should remind you that you have half a per cent chance of being selected.

At 0.005 per cent, it is quite low by any standards. Confirm the decimal points to keep off the ghosts of 2022 polls. We should ask why such a high number. Was it expected? What does that tell us about the Kenyan job market and the economy?

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