MP Crafts Bill to Compel Gov't to Give Unemployed Kenyan Graduates Monthly Stipends

Saboti Member of Parliament Caleb Amisi is set to table a Bill seeking to compel the government to offer monthly stipends to unemployed Kenyan graduates.

In his Bill, MP Amisi wants jobless Kenyan graduates to be given monthly stipends by the government until they find jobs.

Amisi says it is the responsibility of the government to create job opportunities for fresh graduates but notes that thousands of educated Kenyan youth continue to suffer due to lack of jobs. 

He argues that the lack of jobs is driving skilled and jobless youths into crime including robbery, drug abuse and terrorism due to frustration.

 "To prevent the youths, especially the unemployed graduates, from joining criminal gangs and militia groups like al-Shabaab, the government should pay them stipends to enable them to take care of their daily needs," MP Amisi says.

Kenya has been ranked as one of the countries with the highest rate of unemployment in the East African region in a recent study by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The study shows that one out of every five youth in the country is unemployed even as universities continue to churn out thousands of graduates into the job market every year.