Unemployment Benefits in Kenya
No unemployment benefit was found. The State Department for Social Protection pays Inua Jamii cash transfers to older persons, persons with disabilities and orphans and vulnerable children.
✓ From official pages ✓ Each part says when we checked
At a glance
No unemployment insurance found on official sites.
Inua Jamii helpline
The job market in Kenya
The International Labour Organization's estimates put Kenya 100th lowest of 183 countries for unemployment in 2025; the world's rate was 4.9%.
Kenya's unemployment rate over the years · every country, ranked
What to do first
- See whether you can get Inua Jamii cash transfers. Official page
- Questions: call 1533 (Inua Jamii helpline).
New jobs in Kenya
Every job in Kenya, and job alerts emailed as new ones come in.
Inua Jamii cash transfers
Cash transfers to older persons, persons with disabilities and orphans and vulnerable children.
From an official page, read October 25, 2026.
Health cover between jobs
Social Health Insurance is run by the Social Health Authority (SHA). What a household pays is set by means testing, and people in the informal sector can pay in small instalments through Lipa SHA Pole Pole.
From an official page, read October 25, 2026.
Who to call
Inua Jamii helpline: 1533.
From an official page, read October 25, 2026.
Questions
Is there unemployment benefit in Kenya?
No unemployment insurance was found on official sites. What exists is Inua Jamii cash transfers.
Who do I call about unemployment in Kenya?
Inua Jamii helpline: 1533.
Nearby countries
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Rwanda
Réunion
Seychelles
Tanzania
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Where this comes from
Every part of this page was read on an official website, and each links the page it came from and the day we checked it. Rules and amounts change, so check that page before you rely on a figure. Jobareer is not part of any government and cannot see or change a claim.
See also: unemployment rate by country · Kenya's unemployment rate · unemployment in the US, state by state.