About 253,500 jobs were shed in the three months to March despite the economy showing signs of recovery from Covid-19 hardships, with employees aged below 25 and those above 40 bearing the brunt of the layoffs.
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows the number of people in employment fell to 17.84 million between January and end of March compared to 18.09 million the previous quarter.
