Skilling of youths tipped to cut Kenya’s high unemployment
From left: Manoj Shah (chairman and founder Osho Chemical Industry Ltd, Dr Nahashon Moitaleel (secretary, National Productivity and Competitiveness Centre), Theresa Wasike, Ag. Director General NITA and Nisheel Shah (CEO Osho Chemical Ltd).
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What you need to know:
By end December 2022, Kenya had a labour force of 19.39 million.
During that period, unemployment stood at 2.97 million.
Continuous training of Kenya’s youths to equip them with necessary skills for the job market has been tipped as one of the main solutions to the country’s endemic unemployment crisis.
This emerged at the graduation of apprentices and indentured learners from a training conducted by agrochemicals manufacturer Osho Chemical Industry Limited and the State-owned National Industrial Training Authority (Nita).
