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2 weeks ago |
businessdailyafrica.com | John Waweru Kamau
About seven out of 10 Kenyan youths want to leave the country for higher education and escape the soft economy that has failed to deliver jobs for thousands of graduates. A new survey of more than 5,000 young people in Africa aged 18-24 revealed that 76 percent of Kenyan youths were considering emigrating in the next few years, due to economic hardship and in pursuit of education opportunities.
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2 weeks ago |
businessdailyafrica.com | John Waweru Kamau
The cost of maintaining an inner circle of advisers to President William Ruto has halved to nearly half a billion shillings, a victim of last year’s Gen Z protests that saw the State slash some budget items after widespread anger. Budget documents tabled in Parliament show that the six advisory units will spend Sh478.7 million in the year starting July, down from Sh567.5 million in the current fiscal year.
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3 weeks ago |
businessdailyafrica.com | John Waweru Kamau
Enforcement of an order banning the slaughter of donkeys and the export of hides saved 1.5 million mules, but it dealt a blow to consumers in China. Kenya in 2020 ordered donkey slaughterhouses to be shut down amid concerns over the theft of the animals by gangs seeking their skin for use in Chinese medicines. Official data indicate enforcement of the order last year, after lax execution that saw between 1.23 million and 1.72 million donkeys slaughtered between 2020 and 2023.
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1 month ago |
businessdailyafrica.com | John Waweru Kamau
About 17 percent of employees in top firms are casual workers, as firms increasingly turn to contract staff to control costs. Official statistics from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) show that individuals engaged in casual employment grew from 416,900 in 2020 to 559,200 in 2024, accounting for 17 percent of the 3.31 million formal sector workers This emerges in a period when Kenya’s soft economy has made firms reluctant to step up hiring and increase wages to cover inflation.
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1 month ago |
businessdailyafrica.com | John Waweru Kamau
Bad loans held by consumers overtook those of retailers, real estate and manufacturers, underlining the effects of shrinking payslips and layoffs on debt repayments. Latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) reveals that non-performing loans under households grew by 75.1 percent to Sh148 billion at the end of September last year. This saw defaulted consumer loans surpass those held by retailers and wholesalers (Sh125 billion), manufacturers (Sh125 billion) and real estate (Sh99 billion).
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