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OCHIENG: Kenya must go beyond odd jobs to fix youth unemployment

Youth unemployment has risen to alarming levels in Kenya.

Source: Business Daily

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Kenya: ICJ-Kenya Urges Labour Ministry to Include All Elderly Persons in Inua Jamii Program

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Africa Development Bank blacklists Chinese company building Kenyan power project

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