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New Bill seeks to include jobless Kenyan graduates on government’s payroll




– Caleb Amisi said the Bill will force government to pay unemployed graduates monthly stipends until they get employed – He argued joblessness was pushing frustrated young graduates into criminal activities as their new way of life -He added it is the government’s responsibility to create jobs for the graduates being churned out of universities and colleges – Unemployment remains one of the biggest challenges in Kenya as more grads flock the job market every year The soaring rate of youth unemployment in Kenya is considered a ticking time bomb by a section of the leaders, Saboti Member of Parliament, Caleb Amisi, included.

The lawmaker is at the same time very concerned that thousands of graduates who are being churned out from the local universities and colleges every year have nowhere to go because the job market is already over-saturated.