Agriculture and education leading in jobs creation

A multi-storeyed kitchen garden at Wambugu Agriculture Training Centre in Nyeri County. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Education and agriculture remain the top industries by employment in Kenya, despite growth in sectors such as ICT and finance.

Data from Economic Survey 2022 show education employed a total of 609,200 people in 2021, being the leading sector holding the highest number of jobs, representing 20.95 percent the in the Kenyan labour market.

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