Stop banking on labour exports and create opportunities locally

Job seekers from Nyanza region flock NITA offices grounds in Kisumu to try their luck for overseas jobs during an event presided over by Labour CS Alfred Mutua. [File, Standard]

Recently, I came across a thread on X that invited people to share their experiences after moving in with relatives in urban areas in pursuit of better opportunities after school. Most of the recollections were heartbreaking. Some were turned into unpaid domestic workers. Others came ‘home’ from fruitless job hunting only to find their hosts had moved out without warning. Each story highlighted the weight of unemployment that affects most of us in one way or another.