Kenya needs 600,000 of new jobs each year until 2030, a report has found. The report by Overseas Development Institute released in April showed that 17.5 million new jobs need to be created each year world wide until 2030. According to the report, Kenya created 400,000 additional jobs each year between 2003–2016. In Sub Saharan Africa, 9 million additional jobs are created each year between 2003–2016, 12.9m of new jobs needed each year until 2030 while 35, 000 are needed on a daily basis. The report noted that Uganda needed the same number of jobs as Kenya as Tanzania had 400,000 additional jobs created each year between 2003–2016, 800,000 new jobs needed each year until 2030 while 2,000 jobs are needed on a daily basis.

Source: The Star April 25, 2018 04:07 UTC