World Bank tips Kenya on jobs to reverse flagging economic fortunes

News World Standard 2026-10-04 00:00:50

Postado 2026-10-04 03:09:02

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Roughly one million Kenyans enter the labour market each year, but only about 100,000 are absorbed into formal jobs.

Kenya can create more than 80,000 direct jobs and mobilise up to Sh193.5 billion in private investment by fixing a narrow set of policy bottlenecks in three sectors, the World Bank Group said on Wednesday, offering a practical growth agenda at a moment of intense political pressure over jobs.

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