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Christians Approaches to Work

Ql. What is work?
Work means any human activity, be it manual, intellectual or both
Q2. List any six reasons why people work

1. People work for self-satisfaction and fulfillment
   
2. For personal development
   
3. In order to acquire basic needs of life
   
4. To give life meaning, direction and dignity
   
5. To provide service for the community
   
6. To acquire wealth and status in the community
   
7. In order to socialize and grow as a member of a community
   
8. To attain independence and stop depending on others
   
9. In order to help others e.g. beggars

Q3. Explain the Traditional African attitude towards work

1. Work was understood as a fundamental dimension of human existence here on earth
   
2. It is through work that human beings were able to change, reorganize and restructure their society
   
3. It was regarded as a recreational activity as through it, people built their houses, places of worship, produced art like sculpture and carving
   
4. Work was highly valued and the dignity of work was taught early in life
5. Each member had his own role to play e.g. men went out to hunt, herd etc accompanied with boys while mother did house work with the help of daughters
   
6. Grandparents taught the youth how to behave and baby seated
   
7. They believed work was God’s will and so they invoked God’s name through prayer, sacrifice to bless their work
   
8. They had freedom over their work. No supervision. They decided when to work, when to rest but rest came after work
   
9. Work was related to leisure, for people sang, danced and told stories as they worked
   
10. Through work, many people exploited talents or learned e.g. building houses, song etc
    
11. All were workers — work was compulsory
    
12. Work brought people together — solidarity. This is because they shared work (communal work)
    

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Q3. List some of the factors that have changed the attitude towards work in the modern society

1. Level of education — determine the type of work
   
2. Availability of job opportunities
   
3. Stiff corn petition
   
4. Work is personal unlike in Traditional African Communities where it was social
   
5. Negative attitude to work. This is where some people hate manual work
   
6. People work for personal gain and gratification
   
7. Work is a commodity to be sold to the highest bidder

​Q4. What are the rights of employers?

1. They have a right to a fair taxation in their business
   
2. Get profits from their business
   
3. Have association with other employers
   
4. Expect loyalty form their employees
   
5. Receive from their employees work input as agreed upon on the employment contract
   
6. Operate without being blackmailed by trade unions
   
7. Open business ventures without Government restrictions

Q5. State the duties of employees

1. To carry out their duties to the best of their ability without supervision e.g. be punctual, present etc
   
2. To respect and protect the property of the employer
   
3. To resort to peaceful means of solving problems, and not destructive ways e.g. strike
   
4. To work diligently for self — fulfillment and development
   
5. To respect the employer and fellow employees

Q6. Why has child labour become common In Kenya?
This s the employment of children on a full time basis
Reasons:

1. Their labour is cheap
   
2. They are not unionisable and can therefore not fight for proper terms and conditions of service
   
3. They can easily be lured and fired
   
4. They do not have qualifications in any skill so as to negotiate for their terms
   
5. They are looked at as a source of income by their parents or guardians

​Q7. What are the causes of unemployment in Kenya?

1. High population —There are too few job opportunities as compared to the many young people
   
2. Hatred for manual work — many youth are looking for white-collar jobs despising the available “blue jobs.”
   
3. Bribery and corruption — In the job market whereby the rich are able to give while the poor though with good qualifications cannot secure a job
   
4. Lack of skills and capital to start self-employment
   
5. Bad governance and poor economic policies from the government
   
6. SAPS — Structural Adjustment of Programmes i.e. Policy — not giving funds has led to poverty
   
7. International policies of globalization that have affected the agric sector that has been the greatest employer in Kenya
   
8. Retrenchment of workers in the Civil Service and Private Sectors
   
9. Increase in crime that has aggravated insecurity in the country. This has discouraged local and international investors.

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Q8. What can the Government do to reduce unemployment in Kenya?

1. By creating more job opportunities
   
2. By starting more industries
   
3. Increase of workers by 10% after every 10 years
   
4. Encouraging self-employment whereby loans and space are given
   
5. Starting of a school curriculum (8.4.4.) — stating that gears students into blue-collar jobs
   
6. Starting the District Funds for Rural Development - C.D.F
   
7. Stopping rural —urban migration
   
8. By Africanisation of jobs — sending away foreign workers

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