Desperate Kenyan University Graduate Becomes Watchman at His Former High School

OurCountry is modeled as a consumer society where every aspect of our lives is served by the west. Infrustracture, clothing, foods: fish, sugar,maize,rice, furniture, merchinary and automobiles come from the western countries. We do nothing for ourselves and that is why we lack jobs for our own people. Any one who has some kind of job consummate to this guy's qualifications should call him up and give him a decent job. Throw him a life line if you can please. Hang on bro, one day we will change all these misery after we kick out all the corrupt theives and robbers who think not about the future of our nation. He didn't have to spend money and years in schooling to do what is does today! Shame on our leaders and our educational system.

This is the result of "Dead end education" . Wrong policies by our government since independence. Educating our people without thinking what we want from them at the end of the road. Where is the "Balance Sheet" of our investment in dead end education.
The Kenyan government should hire this guy (with a background in statistics) to calculate how much is spent by every citizen in this dead end education and what is gained afterward (where is the return on investment) . If there is no return on investment, the government need to change course. We as Kenyan's need to determine what type of education fits our society and stop the ugly business of copy and paste of the western style of education. Since independence, we have adopted the " one size fits all" not just in education, names, religion, foreign foods, clothes etc and in this whole business we are the losers and those foreigners are the beneficiaries. This lack of vision for our people must stop. No more Dynasties.

Do not give up brother. Do that job as if there is not tomorrow. That is where you will meet with people who will connect you to better jobs and companies. God has a reason for everything. Some people start as janitors and end up being CEO of big companies. Do not listen to negative people. Mind your own business. There is nothing to be ashamed of.

hehehe mr abraham thank God u have a job!N am happy for you coz even after graduating n couldn't find the job that u studied u still looked for something else to do n that's the spirit we want.Many of us don't eat what we toiled in colleges/urniversities juu life is:can b an ass but life has to continue.Mr abraham u should listen to majority in the diaspora who had degrees/masters n yet they r watch men's like you,house girls yaani living iins,taxi/truck drivers,cna/nurses cleaning feaces everyday n life is moving on.Waafrica need to learn what making a daily living means!!!Mr Abraham personally i had degree/private pilot licence but i can tell you i leaves in states for 8 yrs n i had to work as a disability worker juu money was better,job was flexible n i could do lots of shifts planning myself knowing one day i will relax n enjoy the fruits.Today am happy to b a daily farmer earning what a commercial pilot or a surgeon earns monthly n am happy so by the end of the day it's all about making a living!Kograts abraham for making that shift!!!but kazi ni kazi.Actually kazi ya kuandikwa ni bure if u can think of how u can employ yrself.

Pole sana Kijana Ernest Maiki Abrahamu kwa kuwa mlinzi katika shule ya upili uliyosomea. Ajabu ni kuwa, "Tapeli mkristo Ruto" yungali akitangatanga makisani kila Jumapili huku akiwapa hongo mafisi viongozi wa makanisa pesa ambazo angetumia kujenga viwanda ili wewe upate kazi.

Ajabu ni kuwa una shahada ya sayansi kwenye masomo ya utakwimu (statistics) na huku huwezi kupata kazi!

Ningependa kujua: kwa nini umetumia majina yote ya kikoloni kama majina ya kujitambulisha: Je, Kijana, huna hata jina moja la mababu zako? Nakuomba usione haya kutumia majina ya mababu zako hata ingawa tulipigwa msasa na matapeli na pia majambazi Wanayuropa ili tuchukie kila kitu cha Mwafrika , hata majina yetu!

Ongea na Arap Mashamba ata kuajiri kuwa pesa distributor kwa harammbee kila weekend.Yaani it is said that Kenya has the most promising economy in East Africa yet graduates work as watchmen over 50 years since independence there are less jobs available for the so called educated than there were at independence what did these politicians and the so called learned elite do if anything.

Ndugu @Rai:

Siku ya leo nimecheka kweli baada ya kusoma maneno kama yaliyoandikwa na ndugu Rai yafuatayo:

"...Ongea na Arap Mashamba ata kuajiri (atakuajiri) kuwa pesa distributor kwa harammbee kila weekend..."

Rai aliandika maneno haya ya kumshauri Kijana Ernest Maiko Abrahamu ambaye alimaliza masomo yake kwenye chuo kikuu na sasa anafanya kazi ya ulinzi katika shule ya pili aliyohudhuria.

Ours is an education system that is rotten and useless, churning out graduates who are only ready to work in white color jobs. When these jobs are hard to come by, they will take up anything because they were never taught how to think creatively. I would advise this lad to take his first salary, resign and start out on his own even if it means roasting maize on the roadside. He may as well need to read a book called "Think And Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill.

It's that there is no work for this young man,or is it that he has no funds and connections to abetter job?.Looks looks like this is a bright young man.Ihope someone will give him achance.
What iwould like to know is that,when our leaders read such stories,what goes into their minds?Note that this young man has done better is scholastic tests than most mpigs.

Jamaa wa Masters kutoka kenya wana paguza huku kwa masaa 16 na baado wanatamani siku iwe na masaa 36 ili wafanye kwa masaa thalathini kwa siku. Sio mchezo kabisa au thiaka...Kenya ina endelea vizuri sana katika wizara ya Rushwa, Utapeli na ukabila - ambayo maraisi na wakubwa wote pamoja na ndungu zao wana usika kwa maarifa ya wezi kila siku.

Mtu akifikiria kuwa kutakuja kuwa vizuri hio ni ndoto za mchana...lazima kuwe kubaya mpaka wajinga wetu wa kikabila wagutuke usingizini ambayo itakuwa mwaka wa 2150.

Au jia mbadala, ni mageuzi kupitia barabarani nakudai kuondolea kwa wezi wote pamaoja na ndungu
na marafiki zao. Kusimamshwa serekali ya mpito ili katiba ibaadilishwe iwe kama upanga wa kukata pande zote mbili.

Starting on a low footing doesn’t mean you’ll not make it. To the contrary, you’ll succeed in life like nobody else because you’ve already demonstrated humility. I know this may not comfort you much but I’d like you to know that I started off kwa mijengo even with my Masters degree and an advanced certificate in a certain field. Then nikafanya mechanic and farming, for years. Eventually when I got a job in my line of career, I took it for a while before I got bored and I went back to jua kali where I’d started making much much better money, far more than my old college mates who were in their chosen professions. More than 20 years later, I have absolutely zero regrets and I am grateful things went way they did. Utatoboa ndugu

Poor education policies ,corruption and mismanagement of fund made for development and job creation,,,,I advice the government to provide mandatory paid internship for graduates until they secure jobs

Elimu katika nchi hii ni kama mzoga wa mnyama uanaonukia hata ukiwa mbali. Karibu vyeti vyote vinavyopewa wanafunzi wanao hitimu ni ghushi. Watoto wa viongozi hawaangushwi mitihani ya chuo, na pakipatikana mkufunzi yeyote anayefanya hivyo, anaitwa kando na kupewa kitita kinono cha hongo ili kurekebisha dosari hio. Katika mwaka wa 2014, karibu wanafunzi wote waliokuwa wakifanya shahada ya michoro ya ujenzi(Architecture) katika chuo cha Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture, waliangushwa mitihani na Mkufunzi Kariuki. Kati ya waliokuwa katika orodha hio ni mwanafunzi wa kike ambaye babake ni katibu mkuu serikalini. Kufupisha hadithi hii, msichana huyo alipitishwa na shahada ya kwanza(First Class Honors) ilhali alikuwa mwanafunziwa kusukumiwa masomo. Lingine la kuchukiza ni kwamba, msichana huyo huyo alianza kufanya kazi ya majaribio katika Wizara ya Ujenzi ambako babake yake alikuwa katibu wake, akiwa katika mwaka wa pili...huku akilipwa mshahara wote kabla hajafuzu. Leo hii ni mkubwa katika wizara hio wakati wenzake walirudia kosi hio na kufuzu mwaka mmoja baadaye. Kenya tayari imeshaelekezwa katika shimo la mbwa katika vitengo vyote vya serikali. Mwizi Ruto tayari amehakikisha kwamba Wakalenjini wamechukua nafasi zote za kazi katika wizara na mashirika yote y serikali kama vile Kenya Pipeline, KPLC, KETRACO, KENGEN, GDC, Wizara ya Maji, Wizara ya Kilimo, na wizara ya Fedha. Tayari mashirika haya yamesha anza kunukia kuporoka, kama Moi alivyoyaporomosha mashirika yaliokuwa yakinawiri hapo miaka ya 1978-1992 kama vile KPTC, KFA(KGCU), ADC, KTDA, KEFRI, KEMRI, na kadharika. Katika miaka hio, kwa mfano shirika hilo la posta, katuo kimoja cha kazi katika shirika lolote lile liliendeshwa na Wakalenjini zaidi ya kumi. Hapo basi mashirika hayo hayangeweza kujisitiri kutokana na mishahara minono, marupurupu na malimbikizi makubwa ya madeni yaliokopeshwa kiholela holela na mwizi marehemu Arap Ng'eno. Diposa mwizi Ruto, katika makubaliano yao na Uhuru kabla ya uchaguzi wa 2013, alishikilia apewe Wizara kubwa muhimu ambazo mradi yao huwa ya mabillioni na mabillioni ya pesa kama vile Wizara ya Fedha, Wizara ya Nishati(Energy), Wizara ya Maji, Wizara ya Kilimo, Wizara ya Ujenzi, Wizara ya Ardhi ya Makao. Huku mjinga Uhuru akibaki na wizara za matanduro matanduro ambazo hazijawahii kuwanufaisha Wakikuyu wenzake angalao pia makabila madogo madogo yaliotengwa tangu jadi.

Education should be relevant to the current market needs. That's what lacks in Kenya. One is better off with a certificate in plumbing and welding. I am ex USA diaspora and I can tell you there's alot of stress out here. Depression is at an all time high.. We need to get creative or move to Ethiopia where stuff works.

Ndugu yetu @MjuAji:

Ilikuwakuwaje tukafikia hali hii ya kutishana kuomboleza?

Ndugu zetu Waingereza na kiburi chao hawakufanya hata theluthi (1/3) ya mambo uliyoorodhesha hapa.

Swali langu kwako: Tumefika kwenye sakafu ya bahari kwa uhalifu wetu au bado tungali tunaendelea huku tukielekea kwenye sakafu ya bahari?

That is not desperation, media. He is doing public service as he awaits his day. It is coming. That aside, our government is to blame for mismanagement of resources, thus unemployment for the youth and able bodied Kenyans. Fanya kazi kijana wa mathee.

Abraham look further for opportunities. The canadians are looking for someone with your type of eduction. Try it. They are begging for engineers and Mathematicians like you

I agree with MailiSaba, look outside Kenya. Try applying for a job elsewhere, but then again most companies these days look at experience. Am sure even Canada looks at experience when they offer residency to immigrants for job purpose. Advise to college students, get an internship related to your career before you graduate. Also expand your network while in college. When my buddies were taking long summer breaks kujienjoy I took Engineering internships and this helped me land a job even before graduating college. Job opportunities are different depending on where you are but the key thing is being strategic and laying the grounds before you graduate.