Joblessness is a major challenge in Kenya. For the young people aged 18 -35 who are looking for jobs, the most readily available job opportunity is looking for a job. And while some of them will not admit that they are jobless because it affects both their short term and long term relationships, the fact […]
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JKUAT Students Threaten to Continue Hacking Everyone if Unemployment is not Addressed by the BBI
JKUAT students are back in the limelight after they ‘alerted’ NBCA that its system might need some improvement. The students who were accused of hacking NCBA said that they did not steal the 25 million shillings as claimed, but it was just a ‘small invoice’ for the work of helping the bank identify the flaw […]
WTO HR Advises Amina Mohamed to Seek Mentorship from Polycarp Igathe
It is always bad news to receive negative feedback from the HR office, especially when your life depended on the job that you had applied. However, this is better than the 99.982% of the cases where the HR simply ghosts you and you are not even sure whether they concluded the interviews. This is the […]
Federation of Kenya Employers will not Recognize Virtual Graduation Ceremonies
The Federation of Kenyan Employers has warned that they will not accept any graduate who attends a virtual graduation ceremony, saying that the online ceremony produces half-baked graduates. In what turns out to be a major blow to Covid graduates, the body of employers said that true graduates are those who have attended a physical […]
Kenya Raises the Retirement Age to 94 Years
Kenyans has once again raised the official retirement age upwards to 94 years, setting the record for both the highest retirement age and youth unemployment in the world. In a statement that was issued by the Ministry of Labour, the government announced that the new development was to help streamline the already unofficial policy where […]
47-Year-old man Still Hoping that his Deejaying Career will Pick up
All dreams are valid, but there is a limit to what can be valid because flogging a dead horse yields no results. This is dilemma of a 47 year old man in Nairobi who is still hoping for a breakthrough in his DJ career, something he has been working on for the last 24 years. […]
New Manager Fired from EABL after Reporting to Work Drunk
There is a very thin line between genius and insanity, but in most cases, it does not even exist. This was the lesson learnt by a newly hired manager at the East African Breweries after he was fired from work for reporting to work extremely intoxicated as a proof that he was passionate about his […]
I Bought My First Car through Exposure – Jalang’o
Radio presenter, comedian and popular MC Felix Odiwour also know as Jalang’o has made a big reveal after he let his followers on social media know that he bought his first Car through exposure. The celebrated comedian revealed how he worked 12 hours a day for six days a week in order to afford his […]
CBK Warns Traders Against Receiving Payments in form of Exposure
The Central Bank of Kenya is now warning traders that exposure is not a legal tender and may not be accepted universally as a form of payment. This comes after the number of young people who have been insisting that they can pay in form of exposure at the supermarkets and shops increased gradually. This […]
Kenya Police to Introduce Unpaid Internships
The Kenya Police has announced plans to offer internships to people interested in becoming police officers so that they can test the waters before committing to a full-time career as police officers. The one year program will see Kenyan youths work as police officers for up to one year after undergoing a two week crash […]