Simple, NO SKILLS!

Now, criticism without solution is called complaining. So I'm not complaining because I have a solution to offer if the right people would listen or read.

This is a simple solution that if well implemented would see Jubilee or any government create tons of jobs and at no cost - but let's be realistic, no government in Africa wants to truly empower its citizens because they think they'll lose their grip on absolute power.

Anyway, I think the only way forward is we entice the employed citizens with 10 or more years of experience and still young ie below 35 years of age to go into business as they'd have by then acquired both the experience and capital to do so. This will have a two way effect in job creation:
1. it will offer promotions into the openings left vacant for the employees allowing new employees to join the food chains from the bottom.
2. the new businesses opened will offer employment to more vijanas.

The governments can offer incentives from tax holidays etc to entice the 'would be new employers' to leave employment and start businesses.

Currently the best performing businesses these 'vijanas' are involved in is selling pirated stuff eg movies @ 50/-, software, mitumba, supplying government offices with flowers nobody notices etc. Surely can you imagine where this country will be in the next 30 years if we allow this trend to continue?

Anyway, I will leave this here hoping it will start a sober debate.

Our children are our future. Whatever you perceive them to be.

Th problem lies in the education system. Change it from churning out job seekers, to churning out job creators.

Na wazee waende wakapumzike, waache chakula ya watoto.

I think your is more practical and offers long lasting solutions. Skills. Skills. Skills. An education that offers no skills/creativity is not very useful. Many years ago when i was growing up... i remember several practical lessons handed to me in school;

1. Class 4 - Home science lesson practical was cook/make drop scones( cones).
2. Class 5 - Tasked to grow vegetables seedlings on the school shamba which were donated to members of the 4K club. Over the August holidays each pupil was tasked to compose a poem to recite upon opening.
3. Class 6. Art, craft and music practicals were making a Wandidi, making a clay pot, and fashioning out a mortise and tenon joint.
4. Class 7 art and craft practical was curving out a wooden bottle opener while in home science we made soap jelly.
5. Not forgetting sewing different kinds of stitches in class 8


Then if you did not fare very well KCPE you would join the local village polytechnic and further your interests.
From this practical lessons i learnt several things which i apply with varying degree of success as a side hustle. I find the current education system quiet limited on options especially for vijana who only gets up to class 8 and even high school. Polytechnics have been watered down too leaving the young men with no option but wait for sirkal saidia.