Ruto at 4: Jobs promise: How many jobs has Ruto created?
An analysis of Kenya's job creation statistics under President William Ruto shows that 3.27 million jobs were added between 2022 and 2025. However, the vast majority of these positions are within the informal sector, raising questions about the quality and stability of the employment growth.
Why it matters
It provides a critical look at government economic performance and the reliance on informal labor to drive national employment figures.
President William Ruto speaking at a past event / PCS Four years into President William Ruto’s administration, the question of how many jobs have been created remains central to the government’s economic record, with official figures showing rising employment but a heavy concentration of new jobs in the informal sector.
Kenya has added about 3.27 million jobs between 2022 and 2025, according to employment figures, with the majority of the new jobs created in the informal sector.
The figures show that 816,600 jobs were created in 2022, including 702,900 informal-sector jobs and 113,700 modern-sector jobs. The 2022 figure serves mainly as a baseline as Ruto took office in September that year.
In 2023, Kenya created 848,200 jobs, the highest annual figure recorded during the period. Of these, 720,900 were in the informal sector, while 122,800 were in the modern sector.
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