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Saturday, September 5, 2020
Why youth are hardest hit by Covid-19 economic carnage
By Dominic Omondi
Economic sectors that employ the most youth were the hardest hit by the
containment measures aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19.
This saw many workers aged below 35 years rendered jobless, according to a quarterly report on employment by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).
An analysis of the data shows that six out of 10 employees in sectors
such as trade, hotels and restaurants, pubs and nightclubs and other
entertainment joints are people aged 34 and below.
The survey by KNBS showed that more than half of the 1.7 million Kenyans
that lost their jobs between April and June were aged between 20 and
34.
“The highest proportion of the unemployed was recorded in the age groups
20-24 and 25-29, each registering over 20 per cent,” KNBS said.
The same age groups also had the highest increase, of over 10 per cent
each, in unemployment over the three-month reference period (April to
June),” KNBS said in the survey released on Monday.
A report by the Ministry of Labour on the informal sector — which
employs more than 85 per cent of Kenyans — showed that 63.5 per cent of
workers in wholesale and retail were aged between 18 and 34 years.
In the hospitality industry — accommodation and food service sector —
64 per cent of the workforce were youth. They included waiters,
housekeepers, porters, concierge and event planners.
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