OPINION: Trolling Kanze Dena shows how disturbed we are as a society

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange On Sunday morning, I read a compelling tweet from Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General. Also Read: More mus...

Kanze Dena

OPINION: Economy is politics, so no one should be surprised by ‘hustler’ politics

By Guest Writer,

By Harrison M. Ikunda Every sane and right thinking human being desires and deserves to live a good life. Good life is embedded in the state of ...

economy , hustler , ruto

OPINION: Recovering from COVID-19 through greater youth economic inclusion

By Guest Writer,

By Patrick Mutahi and Steven Rebello Just on nine months since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in Egypt, more than 1,800,000 cases have bee...

coronavirus , youth

OPINION: The seismic economic effects of coronavirus

By Rachel Ombaka,

Every day, the Ministry of Health provides us with COVID-19 statistics detailing new cases and deaths. For many of us this exercise has even become...

coronavirus , Oxfam , social protection

OPINION: Celebrating the World Youth Skills Day 2020, the hard truths

By Guest Writer,

By Ramakrishnan Hariharan (Ram) The aim of World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) is to recognize the strategic importance of equipping young people with sk...

World Youth Skills Day

OPINION: The resumption of Kenya’s economy – is now the time?

By Guest Writer,

By Kagwe Kibugu In light of the recent call for the National Government to loosen the curfew and county restrictions, I can't help but sympathize w...

COVID-19: revealing the inequalities in the world of work

By Guest Writer,

While most workers will not have the opportunity to take the streets and raise their challenges, we need to enforce a core message: the COVID-19 disru...

COVID-19

WAIHIGA: Why Kenya should monitor East Africa’s response to coronavirus

By Waihiga Mwaura,

One of the earliest known Greek poets, identified by the single name Hesiod once said: “A bad neighbour is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a ...

coronavirus , IGAD

OPINION: BBI and the problem with Kenya

By Citizen,

The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, which is a product of the famous ‘handshake’ between long political antagonists President Uhuru Keny...

BBI , raila , ruto

BWIRE: Why TVETs should be prioritised

By Citizen Reporter,

By Victor Bwire Kenya will continue failing to attract investors for the big four agenda and earning direct foreign investments even as it improves...

TVET

OPINION: Unemployment in Kenya; A Socio-Economic menace hitting unprecedented levels

By Desmond Boy,

Unemployment in Kenya is a challenge that is certainly crippling the country’s economic progress as well as the people’s welfare. Being a subject ...

unemployment

OPINION: Digital skills training is the future of work in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

By Liliosa Mbirimi Muturi The Kenyan job market has witnessed technology disruption first-hand. As some top tier institutions enact job cuts, other...

Kenyans: The grass is greener elsewhere

By Waihiga Mwaura,

I recently hosted a group of 15 young people for a town-hall discussion on the State of the Nation on Citizen TV’s Daybreak show. The youth were ...

African Development Bank , unemployment

Is online freelancing Kenya’s next employment frontier?

By Kelvin Kiogora,

The unemployment rate in Kenya has hit an all-time high, with nearly one in every five youths of working age in Kenya having no job. According to a 20...

employment , Freelancing , Information Technology , Online Freelancing , Online Jobs , PayPal , Self employent , unemployment , University Education , Wikipedia , Youth unemployment

3 things jobseekers should know in this digital age

By Joy Chelagat,

Dear Jobseeker, The era of ‘tarmacking’ is coming to an end. Forget about walking from one office to another with your CV tucked in that ugly b...

careers , jobs , jobseekers

MWANGI: UN has blown the whistle, but is East Africa on the right footing?

By Citizen,

By Isaac Mwangi; East African News Agency Finally, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) came and went, and with it the world’s Heads of Sta...

east africa , President Uhuru Kenyatta , UN General Assembly