LETTERS: Local creative industry has great potential

Creative careers may seem like a headache to many Kenyan parents, but a relief for those in the millennial generation. Creative careers represent an escape from traditional career choices in banking, insurance, NGOs, sales, etc. Kenyan creatives are divergently questioning their work weeks, workloads, and, most importantly, their work salaries.

Most formal sector Kenyan employees enjoy the reliable regular incoming dripping in each month. Unfortunately, though, there’s a wage reliability and discrepancy gap among creatives. Either creatives do not get paid for their work, get their payments unnecessarily delayed, or they do not receive adequate pay for their level of work effort. Kenyan creatives should not have to settle for less than what they offer a firm, yet, they get taken advantage of.