@madhaquer, you've got a BIG point. I've been trying to establish a side 'job' such that if I were to leave my current job I wud still earn at least as much as I would have lost.

Well, remember the employers don't have to employ you. If you are unsatified with the wage you're earning, quit, look for another job,start your own business, or move back to shags! Remember, these are private businesses and they are in the business of making profits!

That is why some of us have mentioned good recruitment practices and systems. For a recruitment exercise to be effective and get the right personnel it has to be objective and fair and transparent. Whoever can get you an interview but that is where it should end if it has to reach there. If you arent good enough a good exercise will weed you out.

I think the problem is that graduates from Kenyan universities think they are very bright and are owed something for their "expertise".

I find it shocking that Kenyan graduates can't type to save their lives. Yet they are on facebook.

I was in a Kenyan college and also been in a college "out there". I have to say, I have never met as many self important people as Kenyan graduates....One had the audacity to tell me that he was so bright, I could not afford him. So I told him to go to where he could be afforded. 2 yrs later, he's still tarmaking.

For about 2 yrs I worked as an intern. With a masters degree to boot. And no, I was not paid peanuts, I was paid nothing!

You try get a Kenyan graduate, even the one who's tarmacking to work as an intern. The guy will go start a riot in Tao.

Sorry, Mr/Ms graduate, the world owes you nothing. You are insignificant and no one needs you as much as you think.

You need to prove to the world that you are worth your boss asking the BOG to increase your "personal" salary. Not set up a website to tell people exactly why you are considered a bad person to employ in the first place.

so on point