The unemployment rate for those aged between 20-24 increased to 15.6 percent in 2022 from 14.6 percent in 2021, indicating worsening youth unemployment in a country suffering from a hiring freeze by firms.
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) says the number of unemployed in the age group was the highest with 424,470 against 2.72 million total labour force for this cohort.
