For many Kenyans, the search for employment can stretch on for years, with impressive academic qualifications failing to arouse interest from recruiting companies. Limitation in securing formal and informal employment condemns them and their families to greater suffering than non-disabled persons. Eventually, she completed school and started scouring for a job in Nairobi with her secretarial qualifications. He wondered why I hadn’t been hired yet I had impressive qualifications,” Miano said. “The number of persons with disability (PWDs) who had formal education at my time was modest.

Source: The Star July 28, 2021 01:52 UTC