No vacancies: Depression and death dog jobless degree holders

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Eric Bulinda, a 2018 graduate of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, embodies the frustration of unemployed university graduates. Unable to secure a job, Bulinda earns a living prospecting for gold in River Isiukhu in Kakamega County.

"I was hired by boards of management of schools on three occasions and I taught for a while before calling it quits. The boards couldn't pay my salary, yet I have a family to take care of," he says. But unlike Bulinda, most graduates are either not willing, or cannot find something to fall back on, and depression sets in.