Revealed: Why most degree holders in Kenya are poor and will remain that way? 😮

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Most of the educated people in Kenya are poor. Majority of the educated earn less than kshs 50,000 for a salary before tax and other deductions. When the deductions are put into consideration, the net salary comes to around kshs40,000. The net salary then suffers from loan deductions of up to 10,000 leaving the salary at around kshs 30,000. The landlord then demands for his 15,000 and monthly shopping takes away 5,000 leaving one with a 10,000. The bus will demand for 6000 going to and from work and relatives get another 1000. The whole salary is gone and borrowed money starts operating. The borrowed money includes short loans and salary advances.

The difference between poverty and prosperity is property. A prosperous person has property to his name while a poverty stricken person has no property to show. Using this understanding, therefore, most of the degree holders are poverty stricken, borrowing money to buy chicken and chips, pizza, and a car.

The biggest excuse for getting paid such low amounts of money and having to sit and work for another person for 30 days is THE DEGREE that one possesses and that’s all. This has made most of the degree holders very poor to poverty stricken and will die that way most likely. A degree holder does not know how to generate money unless that money is generated for the employer. A degree holder is so dependent on the salary that he can do anything to get a job but will not think of starting a business of his own to employ others.

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. A degree holder is not prepared to sell chips but is very happy to work for hungry lion.

2. A degree holder is not prepared to sell popcorn in the street but is very happy to work for Airtel outlet in a tent by the road side.

3. A degree holder is not prepared to sell second hand clothes but is very happy to be employed by DAPP which the business of selling second hand clothes.

4. A degree holder is not prepared to make ksh 100,000 monthly doing his own business but is very happy to work at the till in a bank get

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. A degree holder is not prepared to sell food to students but will be happy to be reporting to a boss with no qualifications as long as he is paid 50,000 for a salary.

7. A degree holder is so eager to get out of this country and work in another country than spend time to develop his own country.

8. A Kenyan degree holder staying in a foreign land is very keen to condemn Kenya but never contributing to the development of this country.

9. A Kenyan degree holder would rather sweep the streets of London or USA than start a business and make money in Kenya – others work in people’s homes doing some work there.

10. A degree holder in Kenya will watch porn on his laptop but never to write a book using the same laptop to sell and make money.

11. A degree holder will blame the government for lack of jobs even after he was on government bursary for him to have his degree.

12. Kenya is blessed with people who have master’s degree and others are doctors in different technical fields such as IT and Engineering but all of them have failed to create a cartoon character and develop a movie from the same instead very happy to buy Tom and Jerry for their children thereby promoting America.

At the school I go to, there is a man that is of very humble background. He does not speak English but sells Coke, Fanta and Sprite at 30 each making a profit of 10 on each drink. He also sells chips at 100 making a profit of 30 on each portion. Not less than 50 students buy chips and a drink every single day. This means he makes a profit of 40 for a drink and chips and a total profit of 2000 per day…every single day. In ten days he makes a profit of 20000, in twenty days 40,000 and in thirty days 80,000.

The degree holder working in a bank at the till gets a salary of 50,000 every month.

Why are the degree holders poor?

Because they have decided to pride themselves in a degree and failed to think better than a man who does not have even a certificate to his name.

Degree holders spend their time liking articles on LinkedIn and Facebook but never have any care in the world to implement what they like. Poverty starts from the mind, a mind that just likes things but never to implement those things.

If you want to progress, throw away that degree and start thinking better than someone without a degree. Be prepared to get your hands dirty and work like an ox for your business. Your hard work will pay off.
 
Thank you man for sharing your thoughts with us.
This also applies to all developing countries including Tanzania.
 
The thoughts in the article are very well articulated.

But me and you know that you copied this article from somewhere, edited to include the 'Kenya' bit and brought to Kenyan section in JF, to make Kenyans feel bad.

I am a graduate and I choose to take lessons from the article and not engage you the way you would have wanted me to. We all know this is a global problem.

Degrees have brainwashed people. They think in only being employed and not providing employment. That they can't do the dirty work because they are learned..That they would rather receive a lump-sum amount at the end of the month rather than small amounts daily. Little do we realize that a salary at the end of the month is like a bribe to blind us from achieving our dreams.
 
You jobless Kenyan stop laziness, over 60% Kenyans are jobless including you and when you get a job you receive a peanut
 
Hii Ni kama kote tu Yaani salary inakatwa unabakina manyoya
Ni heri salary ikatwe lakini you get a better pension you see fruits of your PAYE, na gharama za maisha zipo quite affordable, Kenya hakuna pension ya maana, viongozi wote ni notorious looters na cost of living ni throat cutting, unga ili uwe affordable ni mpaka serikali itoe ruzuku kwa wenye viwanda vya unga na bado bei inakua zaidi ya mara 2 ya Tanzania, fuels is even higher than any country in the region.

Mtu analipwa laki 8 za Tanzania lakini gharama ya maisha ni mara 3 ya za Tanzania, you can see how much they are suffering.
 
We work out of sheer belief in our passion,NOT money,i studied political science and economics to understand how the world works and why africa is poor despite abundant resources,i went to school out of DESIRE to make change in our people,but with time,i have realised its clueless nincompoops like you that have made our continent the laughing stock of the world,living dead characters like you without self-identity and sense of purpose are unfortunately many in africa,i have volunteered for research with consortiums pro-borno to make life better for our people,on the hand,poor and empty souls like you can only get petty jelous on the internet,get a life andtry to do something worth while in your life time.
 
Many degree holders are poor, or poorish anywhere in the world. Formal education is good, but, it is very unlikely you will be wealthy if you get employed
 
Many degree holders are poor, or poorish anywhere in the world. Formal education is good, but, it is very unlikely you will be wealthy if you get employed
Sure, people fail to understand having a degree nowadays is like having a primary education qualification. People still living with the 1950s mindset that governments still need more educated people to fill vacancies left by the colonial rules. Time change
 
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