1.2 million Kenyan youth give up on search for jobs

Jobseekers outside County Hall, Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG 

Nearly 1.18 million young unemployed Kenyans had given up the search for a job in the third quarter, signaling frustrations for job seekers in an economy largely characterised by a hiring freeze.

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) data suggests 54.95 per cent of the 2.15 million people aged between 20 and 34 who were out of work did not attempt to look for a job four weeks to the end of September.

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