New report warns of jobs time bomb BUSINESS Emmanuel Akenya, a Kenyan youth working with China Road and Bridges, tightens railings that will form Wangige underpass pillars in Kiambu County. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] About 10 million people will join the labour force in Kenya over the next decade. This will present a major challenge for a country whose industries have been struggling to create jobs even before the pre-coronavirus pandemic era. A new World Bank reports notes that over the next ten year period, between 2020 and 2029, over a million young people will join the labour force every year. This is even as Kenya struggles to create more jobs, with many sectors having shed jobs between 2015 and 2019.