ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has urged the youth to take up online jobs to reduce unemployment. "Online work is the way to go. I urge our youth to enrol in the Ajira Digital Programme so they can benefit and make online work as an alternative employment," the CS said. He said even after the Covid-19 pandemic struck the world last year leading to laying off of millions of workers, online workers didn’t lose their jobs. “Online workers were not affected simply because their workspace is safe to conduct business and deliver services.

Source: The Star June 11, 2021 12:56 UTC