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Youth raise concerns over high cost of moving abroad for work

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Part of the youth who attended the Western region Job Fair at Mbale High School in Vihiga County. [Brian Kisanji, Standard]

Young people have voiced concerns over the high cost of applying for foreign jobs even as they claimed they were optimistic of getting opportunities.

Since Wednesday, thousands of youth thronged Mbale town in Vihiga County in search of foreign job opportunities in a three-day government-sponsored job fair.

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