Nothing seems to be working for most jobless youth in Kenya. A report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) indicates that about 2.01 million out of a total of 2.97 million jobless Kenyans aged between 15 and 64 and who qualify for the labour force have given up looking for employment or start a business.
Yet a report by the Treasury in 2021 shows that less than 40 percent of the youth applied for the affirmative action programme Access to Government Opportunities (AGPO), introduced to enable enterprises owned by the youth, women and persons to participate in government procurement.
