30/11/2025
Some of Kenyan youth are not lazy. They’re exhausted.
Not from work… but from fighting an economy that acts like it’s allergic to opportunity.
Every day you hear the same recycled nonsense:
“Just work hard.”
“Just start a business.”
“Just send your CV.”
Some of us have sent CVs until Gmail started auto-suggesting “Try something else.”
We grew up being promised that education was the key.
Then we finished school and found out the lock had changed.
Companies want “3 years of experience” for entry-level jobs. Meanwhile, employers with 20 years of experience in mismanagement are still “learning on the job.”
And don’t even get me started on the idea that “the youth don’t want to work.”
Most people want to work. They just don’t want to be underpaid, disrespected, micromanaged, and told to “be grateful” for a salary that disappears the moment M-Pesa vibrates.
The problem isn’t laziness.
It’s lack of direction, lack of mentorship, lack of digital skills, and lack of real opportunities that match the world we live in today.
You put a young person in front of a laptop, teach them one high-value skill—marketing, design, web dev, AI tools, freelancing—and watch how fast their life changes.
Confidence goes up. Income goes up. Stress goes down. Even their posture changes.
We don’t need more lectures.
We need skills, strategy, and a path forward.
So if you’re a young person reading this:
You’re not lazy.
You’re not late.
You’re not a failure.
You just need the right skill set—and once you get it, life stops feeling like a punishment.
Your turnaround starts with what you learn next. Not what you lost yesterday.
