Despite Kenya's economy's steady expansion, COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli has issued a warning indicating that five million Kenyans are still unemployed, indicating that the growth has not been able to sustain jobs.
While delivering an address to the Plenary Session of the ongoing 113th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Atwoli revealed that as businesses flourish and infrastructure projects multiply, five million Kenyans remain unemployed, with most workers stuck in the informal sector facing poor wages and job insecurity.
The SG warned that this trajectory of economic growth without job creation risks deepening inequalities, fueling frustration, and destabilising cohesion. "Many working people today feel abandoned and unprotected.
They have lost trust in institutions and no longer feel part of the societies in which they live," Atwoli stated.
