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While celebrations were taking place at the national level in Mbeya, President John Magufuli had already pointed out that the informal sector, commonly known as "machingas", was part of the business and had to trade everywhere with his business cards. identity.
Meanwhile, Kenya joined the world to mark Labor Day by celebrating young people who are at the forefront of job creation.
Young people, whether informal or business, create jobs by creating businesses in a variety of sectors, including agriculture, transportation, hotels, housing and carpentry.
Businesses have become essential to providing jobs for thousands of people, increasing incomes in a country where formal jobs have become scarce.
Fred Ajwang, a Busia resident in western Kenya, is one of the young people who created jobs for their comrades.
The businessman has eight motorcycles and operates a spare parts and repair shop in the neighboring district of Uganda.
"I have a total of 11 workers that I have employed directly and others that I occasionally hire when the need actually feels," Ajwang told the phone.
The businessman agreed with the riders to give him 400 shillings (US $ 4) a day, which is the average of $ 8 they earn daily through the rural areas of the populated area.
"I take pride in this Labor Day that I've created jobs for my younger classmates," said the 38-year-old.
"My plan is to offer more because there are hundreds of unemployed people and any job has an impact on their lives," he said.
Caleb Karuga, a former journalist in Kajiado County, employs nearly 30 people in his fish, poultry and poultry farms, most of them women.
According to him, women generally provide the most reliable work on the farm compared to men because they are better organized.
"Women undoubtedly provide the most reliable work at the farm, since most men like the bottle," said Karuga, who left journalism for agriculture.
In his carpentry shop in Kayole, east of Nairobi, Bernard Oloo directly employs five people and several others, including taxi and cart operators.
"I went into business after working for an Indian family who had been carpentry for years, and I used the skills I acquired through them to start the business there." four years, "said Oloo, 36, who makes sofas, tables units, beds and TV furniture, among other furniture.
These youth-run businesses, some of which are in white-collar jobs and others, are replicating throughout the East African country, making it one of the largest job creators.
The Kenya Economic Survey 2018 released last week shows that the number of people engaged in small-scale agricultural and pastoral activities has increased from 16.9 million in 2017 to 17.8 million in 2018.
Some 762,200 jobs were created in the informal sector last year, compared with 795,000 the previous year, due to the expiry of temporary agency workers hired by the electoral commission in the 2017 elections.
On the contrary, the formal sector created 78,400 jobs compared to 114,400 in 2017, due to the poor performance of the private sector.
The National Bureau of Statistics of Kenya notes that at least 7 million Kenyans are unemployed and that 70% of them are young people (KNBS).
Of the informal jobs created in 2018, agriculture generated 336,000 jobs, followed by the manufacturing sector with 310,000 jobs.
Agriculture is the main employer in Kenya, where millions of people are engaged as workers or farmers, many of whom are young people.
In addition to agriculture, other activities offering informal jobs include forestry and fishing, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade and motor vehicle repair, according to KNBS.
Beatrice Macharia of Growth Point, a consulting firm in agronomy, noted that more young people were turning to agriculture more than before, not just on the farm but throughout the value chain.
"Some young people bring added value, others offer cold chain services, while others are transporters or consultants like me." I hired two agronomists who m & # 39; help to work with farmers, young people have the capacity to alleviate the country's employment crisis if the opportunity arises, finance and obtain favorable policies, the young man said. 29 years old.
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