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Making economic sense out of the figures: The government did not create jobs and rain or lack of it should not be the victim.

The screaming headline from most of our media and more particularly The-Star news papers is: WE CREATED 742,000 JOBS, SAYS WAIGURU. Below it is yet another eye catcher: The Uhuru administration yesterday said it had helped created 740,000 jobs last year, …………….Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru blamed the below target performance on depressed rains that reduced agricultural production, high interest rates that limited borrowing by private sector and reduction in public expenditure during the transition year. –

In the Short story Anthology: Half a day and other Stories, there is a story titled: On the Market Day, where the governmentthrough its radio station blames lack of rain on God. Well here our government is now blaming the very rain itself for not creating jobs that they so shouted about in 2013. Then you ask yourself how the private sector managed to create 84.4% of the total jobs created both y the government and private sectors!

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