What are the causes of unemployment in Kenya today?

      

List the causes of unemployment in Kenya today.

  

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Raphael
(i) Inappropriate education system which imparts skills which may not be compatible with the existing job opportunities.

(ii) Rapid population growth rate-that is, labour supply increases at a faster rate than employment opportunities resulting to excess manpower.

(iii) Inadequate demand due to low purchasing power.

(iv) Lack of capital for investment.

(v) Use of inappropriate methods of production to replace human labour.

(vi) Mismanagement of public resources leading to collapse of many institutions resulting to unemployment.

(vii) Seasonality of jobs for example, in tourism industry causes seasonal unemployment.

(viii) Rural-urban migration.


raphael answered the question on August 10, 2017 at 08:24


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