Back in February, Boblenny Mang’oi — a graduate in agricultural engineering from one of Kenya’s top universities — heard that Nairobi council was looking for about 3,000 cleaners.
Unemployed since graduating in 2021, he was prepared to take anything that came his way.
“It is not exactly what I worked and studied for, but I just want an opportunity, a chance to get going — a step down to step up,” he explained.
His hopes were dashed almost immediately. News had spread quickly through Kenya’s lively online community. The location of the interview, the Joe Kadenge Stadium in downtown Nairobi, was packed to capacity with tens of thousands of other Kenyan jobhunters — many more than attend regular football or athletics events.
Everlyn Lumendwa, 51,
