Youth Unemployment in kenya

Unemployment is the big burden on the lives of youths. They are trapped in slums and in the informal sector, hardly making ends meet. Academic youths are jobless after graduation or not prepared for a job. Women and persons with disabilities face specific problems in the labour market.  There are state programmes for youths but they are inefficient due to bureaucracy. Youth need education – education for life, for life skills and work ethics. They have to be trained and educated for entrepreneurship. Dual vocational education and training will make them fit for practical work skills as well as for a deeper understanding of a vocation. There are opportunities for the youth, e.g. in agribusiness and urban agriculture, but also in the jua kali sector and by being self-employed.