A 33-year-old graduate from Igembe North, Meru County, went viral on Thursday, January 26, after he made a passionate public plea.
The man identified as Samuel Meeme, has been jobless for 9 years and is on the verge of sinking into depression.
He has been jobless despite possessing two undergraduate degrees and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Section 2.
Speaking exclusively to Kenyans.co.ke, Meeme narrated his struggle in seeking employment.
‘I first graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Chuka University in 2014.
“I was full of optimism having attained Second Class Lower Division and started applying for jobs in different financial institutions,” he revealed.
After a year of unsuccessful job hunting, Meeme got a job at a start-up secondary school where he was being paid Ksh6,000 per month.
“I worked at the school from 2015 to 2016 but was dismissed after the government made a directive that all teachers should have a Teachers Service Commission (TSC) number,” Meeme narrated.
Meeme explained that the two years at the secondary school made him fall in love with teaching.
“That is when I decided to go back to the university so that I can become a qualified teacher,” he explained.
“My parents were reluctant to take me back to school as they had already spent a fortune in my first-degree program,” he added.
After pleading with the parents, they agreed to pay 50 per cent of the tuition fees.
“I enrolled at Mount Kenya University for a Bachelor of Education – Mathematics and Business Education option.
“On the weekends, I would look for construction jobs so as to be able to raise the other 50 per cent,” he painfully narrated.
Meeme further told Kenyans.co.ke he ran a small kiosk while in campus to make ends meet.
Despite the challenges, Meeme graduated in 2021 with Second Class Upper Division.
“The first thing I did after graduating was applying for a TSC number for I longed to be back in class teaching and mentoring students.
“When I got the TSC number, I went back to my former school only for the principal to tell me there was no vacancy,” a tearful Meeme narrated.
Since then, Meeme has been making job applications to different schools and financial institutions with no success.
“I am on the brink of despair, I appeal to any Kenyan of goodwill to offer me a job opportunity,” he made a passionate appeal.
