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THE DISAPPOINTMENTS OF A 25 YEAR OLD KENYAN !!!

Poverty is a main challenge in Kenya as it is in most developing countries. The need for sustainable growth and development is essential for poverty eradication. Most young people strive hard to achieve their educational goals with the expectation of employment as their ultimate source of livelihood. This however most often than not does not come to pass. Most of them end up frustrated and result to crime as a way of survival. This does not have to be the case. The youth need to be educated on ways in which they can engage in entrepreneurship as a source of livelihood. The youth also needs to be informed that they don't have to seek employment after studies but they themselves can become employers.   I am a 25 years old graduate from the University of Nairobi where I attained my bachelors in B.S.c Mathematics.  Sounds fancy, I know but it isn't all that really. I remember growing up with so many hopes and expectations. I had all I needed to achieve planned out and nothin

MY JOB IS A JOKE ,BUT I'M NOT THE ONE DOING THE LAUGHING!

Its been a cold morning. Too cold that even a hot cup of coffee did nothing for me. Or were they two? The weather this month has been too unpredictable! I say unpredictable because yesterday when I woke up, the sun was bright and shining. However by the time the afternoon came round, things were not so shiny. Something my friends and I frequently refer  to as 'Weather PMSing'. We haven't claimed ownership of the poor weather description cliché' so no need for stone throwing. Well, the reason why I am so focussed on the weather is because it reminds me of my life recently. Undecided as well. Some days I've been waking up feeling on top of the world while some days I just want the ground to swallow me alive.  Yes, I know most people may feel the same way about their lives as well but this is my blog so lets concentrate on my feelings this time round. My job seems so tedious nowadays and it has done nothing but assure me that I'm in the wrong profession. Yes, I a