- Stacy, a law graduate from Nairobi, has been struggling to find employment despite having strong qualifications from her high school education
- Along came the opportunity to change her fortunes through the affordable housing program internships, and she grabbed it very fast, even if it meant going back to her home county to kickstart the process
- The young woman finally got the internship and now she is has shared why she is excited about the internship that is also expected to catapult her career to a higher level
Nairobi, Kenya: Stacy, a young lawyer, is excited after landing an internship in the Affordable Housing Programme and shared that the recruitment programme had them go to start from their counties.
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According to Stacy, nothing prepared her for having the grades but never getting the job, and despite applying all over the place, she never got the jobs; only rejections.
“Being an A student, the worst thing that I was never prepared for was applying and not getting the job; you get emails back. It is just that I was sending applications and praying to God that I would get a job and earn an income,” she said.
What are Stacy’s expectations from the internship?
According to Stacy, she learnt about the internship programme through the PSC portal and applied right there; that is where one puts in their documents, the originals.
“After a month they get called for an interview. All of us had to go to the county headquarters where you were born, and I went to Kabarnet, Baringo county, despite studying in Nairobi,” she said.
“I haven’t had much experience except for my pupillage, which I did in parliament, so I had the legislative policy creation experience, but now I will have a whole new world of experience; I can go to workers’ rights, occupational safety, and consumer rights,” she said excitedly.
How did Kenyans react to the story?
Smart Sniper:
“The sad truth Stacy.The papers and the good grades aren’t enough nowadays for the job market.We need to find that extra edge to be suitable in the job market.Making an effort to know someone has become the key to a successful life.”
Wuod Benaphers:
Hapa mbele kuna kulia hapa na pale.”
Samuel Kaborongo:
“She is honest.”
Vinnie Lion:
“Hiyo kitu always saying it’s not successful.”
George Ogongo
“Lawyer in a construction site surely Kenya,which kind of placement is this, could it be a case of resource misallocation?”
Ruto announces 4000 internships
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In July 2025, President William Ruto launched the Affordable Housing Internship Programme with the aim of employing Kenyan youths who were struggling with unemployment.
At the launch, Ruto told stakeholders within the construction industry that the government was going to work with them to realise the mandates of the programme.
The head of state also noted that the internship would absorb 4,000 graduates from different universities and TVET institutions.
Students specialising in architecture, surveying, engineering, and construction management were among those who qualified for the programme.
Proofreading by Asher Omondi, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
