Many young people are jobless because they do not possess the requisite skills required in the job market (whatever that means). Does it really mean that Universities in particular are producing graduates without the relevant skills? What surprises me is the same firms and organisations requiring "relevant skills" are headed and directed by individuals from the same universities where the current jobless young people are coming from. For many of us, being a lecturer requires one to play multiple roles. One of my roles at the Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies at the University of Nairobi is career advisor to our students. Many of the students come to my office requiring advice on what to do during the their long holidays, fearing that they will be very, which is usually the case. Others are innovative and identify places where they will work part time for which they require reference letters. What we have done at the Institute to alleviate...
RIP Sims.....am still coming to terms with your passing on.....
ReplyDeleteRIP Sims.....am still coming to terms with your passing on.....
ReplyDeleteHe was agood friend of mine. RIP
ReplyDeleteVery heartless !! How can people be so EVIL??? Killing someone when the whole family is watching !!!
ReplyDelete1 Corithians 15:19 "If have hope in Christ in this life only, then we are to be pitied above all men" .....Heaven in indeed home !!!
ReplyDeleteSo sad! We hope these thugs and the man behind it is caught. What person is so heartless and cruel to want to take someone else's life! May God give the family strength during this trying times. Dennis, my friend and village mate, RIP.
ReplyDeleteDear Friends,
ReplyDeleteIt was indeed sad for Kenya as we lost two leaders in a plane crash on June 10. The deaths of Prof. George Saitoti and his assistant Orwa Ojode, two pilots and their bodyguards, sadly coincided with the fourth anniversary of the deaths of roads Minister Kipkalya Kones and Lorna Laboso, who also died in a chopper crash.
As Christians we need to pray for the country, especially now that we are approaching the General Election. We pray that the elections will be peaceful. In the June Update, we try highlighting the plight of squatters. They are a forgotten lot, even as the government settles the IDPs. Land still remains a focal point in Kenya; it was the basis upon which the struggle for independence was waged. Sadly though, many Kenyans remain landless despite the sacrifices made by their fathers and forefathers.