Kenyans have been sharing tales of the difficulties of finding a job after a TV news report highlighted the story of a top graduate who was homeless for a year after failing to find employment.
Citizen TV spoke to Kelvin Ochieng, a first-class honours student in actuarial science, who is now living in a slum area of the capital, Nairobi, after someone took pity on him.
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He said he thought that actuarial science would get him a decent job. Mr Ochieng, who grew up in poor circumstances, outlined the companies he applied to for a job, but no-one employed him.
He said he wanted to bring his grandmother “out of poverty”. Mr Ochieng now gets money as a parking guard in Nairobi city centre.
#FirstClassBetrayal is trending on Twitter in Kenya with other graduates also asking for jobs:
#FirstClassBetrayal: First class graduate lives on the streets. He has applied for many jobs in vain pic.twitter.com/z5y96aXLR4
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) July 21, 2019
I graduated last year,sent over 500 job applications via email, numerous tarmacking in the city with no success???. I hold a Bsc Supply Chain Management, Second Class Honors Upper Division. As you reach out to Kelvin, Reach out to me please. 0704691332. #FirstClassBetrayal pic.twitter.com/aKMApgWI3Y
— Duke of Kirinyagashire?? (@njanja_dennis) July 21, 2019
Source:Â bbc.com