Kisumu has a population of approximately one million people, with close to 10% of the population being persons with disabilities (PWDs). With the majority of PWDs not having higher education, this greatly reduces their opportunities for decent work. Notably, the government has put in place favorable interventions to economically support PWDs such as legal notice NO. 114 of the 2013 public procurement and disposal act (30% procurement reservation for youth, women and PWDs) and the 2010 persons with disabilities act that speaks to non-discriminatory practices against PWDs in the workplace and advocating for 5% job reservations for PWDs. Despite this, there seems to have been no significant change in the economic empowerment of youth living with disabilities in Kisumu. Therefore. Njema Disability Self-help Group conducted research to understand how youth living with Disabilities in Kisumu could be better supported to enable them to prosper economically and identified some key challenges that need to be addressed to improve young PWDs livelihoods.
