Share of jobless Kenyans not actively looking for work up

Graduates queue in long lines at Wabera Street waiting for a chance to get a job interview at the Sarova Stanley.

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The number of Kenyan graduates fruitlessly searching for jobs after leaving school has increased even as many more give up on the job hunt, reflecting a tough economic environment.

A new report by the World Bank has shown that a fifth of individuals aged 26 in 2019 were either not actively looking for jobs or actively job-searching or technically unemployed, an increase from 17 percent in 2015.

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