Many Kenyans face unemployment due to various reasons. The unemployed largest percentage is the youths who try and find other alternative source of income. Most of them usually join bad groups and attempt bad deeds. However, the bright youths through the advancement of technology have sorted online employment through blogging, article writing, data entry jobs and many more jobs available through the internet.

Fortunately, the common video streaming site, YouTube has also introduced a form of employment in which the people and users can earn revenue off the video they upload. It requires some form of setup which is described below:

Firstly, you should set up and build your YouTube channel which is your personal presence on this site. Each YouTube account has one channel attached to it. The YouTube account is the same as the Google account and creating a YouTube account will grant you access to other Google products such as Gmail and Drive. You can create a new account or use your existing one. However, you should add keywords by navigating to the advanced section of the channel setting. Your username can also work for or against you. If it’s short, easy to remember, and original, people will be more apt to remember you.

Secondly, you need to add content that is of high quality and which is not super long. You should also try and be uploading content regularly and consistently. Even if your first videos are not perfect, try to improve them as you proceed. Improving content can be done by either using a better camera or trying to edit through different techniques. By uploading regularly, you can help hold an audience. People are more likely to subscribe if you add content on a regular schedule and maintain that schedule as much as possible. Try to tag those videos with an eye catching description as this will help drive people to your videos from the searches.

Thirdly, build an audience in order to increase monetization. You need people to watch your videos in order to make any money off them. There is no secret to getting more subscribers, just make the best content that you can and they will come to you through watching these high quality videos. Building your audience can also be done by hooking and sending videos not only to YouTube but to other sites such as Twitter and Facebook which will make people know about you. You should also interact with your viewers and subscribers by responding to their comments and making of occasional videos directly related to viewers’ comments and questions. Connecting with your community will bring more people to join your community on YouTube.

Fourthly, you need to monetize your video or contents in order to start earning money on the content you upload to YouTube. Monetization means that you allow YouTube to place ads in your content and also that there is no copyright material in your video. To monetize a video as it uploads, click the monetization tab and check the “monetize with ads” box. You can as well monetize after the video has been uploaded by opening the video manager and click the $ sign next to the video that you want to monetize.

Fifthly, to receive any revenue that you make from your videos, you need to set up Google AdSense for free at the Google AdSense website. Click the sign up button to begin creating your account. However, you must be 18 years or older to create an account but the young ones can create their own accounts but with assistance from an adult. Therefore, you need either PayPal or a bank account and a valid email address so AdSense can verify who you are and who to send the money to. Money is gained only per ad click and a smaller amount per view but it adds up with time which is the sole reason of having a larger audience.

Lastly, you should market your videos elsewhere not only in YouTube. You can even start a blog for sharing as the more views it gets, the better and through that you gain more money. For more access to other important tools, you need to become a YouTube partner. This are members who have monetized videos with a large number of viewers. They therefore gain more access to more content creation tools, and can win prizes for the number of viewers they have. You can apply for partnership at any time through the partner page. However, you need to have a 15,000 cumulative watch hours for your channel over the last 90 days in order to successfully be a YouTube partner.

Campus students are experiencing a lot of hardships throughout the entire period of their education. Many students are forced to quit schooling as they cannot endure the continuous challenges that occur in their daily lives in campus. New students should find a better way of dealing with the following major challenges.

High Rental Costs

Self sponsored students are charged huge costs by landlords making it very difficult for them to cope up with the high cost of living. The challenge can be overcome by simply one sharing costs with a friend or someone that can be trusted. The sharing ensures that some money is saved which can later be used to do some other constructive projects.

Sexual Harassment

A lot of campus students are sexually harassed by being forced into harmful sexual activities in exchange for money and other favors from the lecturers. It is therefore advisable that any student that experiences such a case to develop the offenders so that they can be subjected to law and face punishment. Furthermore, allowing oneself to succumb to hardships of sexual harassment exposes one to high risks of getting the dreaded HIV and AIDS disease.

Peer pressure

Social interaction amongst students makes it hard for the weak ones to cope with the pressure that comes from their students. It has come to the realization that majority of campus students join the intuitions as innocent people that later get spoiled by trying to adapt lifestyles that are beyond their control. It’s good for one to be principled and avoid being influenced easily by others.

Drug Abuse

A lot of campus students end up abusing various kinds of drugs that later makes them quit school. Many students end up being desperate such that they venture into drug business as a way of escaping challenges. The deal is often dangerous as it will make someone face the law authorities and even suffer long term jail sentence. It is advisable for counselors to help students know the dangerous effects of drugs and avoid abusing them.

Theft

Campus is a place in which people from different backgrounds meet together for the purposes of acquiring knowledge.However; the difference in social classes makes the less disadvantaged groups of the place try to cope up with the lifestyle hence end up stealing from their collegues. Many students lose a lot of property that is expensive to acquire another. It is therefore advisable for one to be careful on how they expose their assets.

Education has gone to another level especially in the current Kenya where even the elderly have gone back to school and embrace the new modes of studying. Education in the higher institutions have been modified to ensure that after the graduates have completed their studies, they can be able to apply the skills they acquired in college to the real life situation.

Mount Kenya University has therefore been developed since the recent past to accommodate the ever growing number of students who wish to study the different programmes that they offer in their different departments from different campuses. MKU has developed and offer most of the best courses in the country with the best environment.

MKU has a department of Accounting and Finance based in the School of Business and Economics through which different Business-related courses are offered by the qualified lecturers. The courses offered under this department either Certificate, Undergraduate of Post-graduate include;

Diploma/Certificate in Financial Science in which the certificate course takes a period of 2 semesters while the Diploma Course takes a period of 3 semesters. The requirements for the enrollment of the Diploma course is a KCSE mean grade of C and a C in Mathematics and English and at least a C- (minus) in KCSE and a C- (Minus) in Mathematics and English for the Certificate course.

Diploma/Certificate in Accounting where the minimum requirements is at least a C (Plain) and C- (Minus) in Mathematics an English for Diploma and at least a C- (minus) in KCSE mean grade with a minimum of C- (minus) in Mathematics and English for the certificate course. The Diploma course is offered in 3 semester and Ksh 20,550 per semester tuition fee while the certificate course takes a period of 2 semester with a tuition fee of Ksh 20,550 per semester.

Diploma in Banking and Finance is also offered under this department in regular, evening and weekend class basis. The course require a KCSE mean Grade of C with a minimum of C- (minus) in Mathematics and English or a relevant certificate in a related field with at least a PASS.

Bachelor of Commerce is an undergraduate course that the department of Accounting and Finance offer to its enrolling students. For the successful admission to this career programme, a student should have attained at least a KCSE Mean grade of C+ (Plus) with at least a C+ (Plus) in Mathematics and English/Kiswahili or a Diploma from a relevant Field of Study. The tuition fee for the course is Ksh 60,000 per semester and it is offered in Regular, Evening and weekend Classes.

Master of Business Administration is one of the Postgraduate course offer under the Department of Accounting and Finance. This course mode of delivery is a School-based or Evening program basis. The requirement for the course is a first degree 2nd class Honours upper division or lower division but with at least two years of relevant experience. The charge is Ksh 65,000 per semester for 6 semesters for the Evening program and Ksh 45,000 per semester for 6 semester for the School-based program.

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration is the highest level of the course offered by this department. They ensure that they equip the students with best research skills and enable them to be the most skillful in the field of expertize. The students to be admitted into this course should have attained a minimum of a Master’s degree in the area of Specialization and a Bachelors’ Degree from a recognized university with at least 2nd class Honours Upper Division. The student is also required to pay a total cost of Ksh 600,000 for the six semesters that the course will take.

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology in Kenya is located in Kakamega region in Kenya. The university in Kenya is off Kisumu-Kakamega Road next to Co-op Kwa Jirani Mukoya Qassim. Courses in Kenya that are offered in Masinde Muliro University can be found from their website www.mmust.ac.ke

Masinde Muliro University offers various postgraduate programs in Kenya which include masters, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and graduate diplomas.

Masters programs offered by Masinde Muliro University

There are various masters programmes offered in Masinde Muliro University in Kenya which include M.Sc. Disaster management and Humanitarian assistance, M.Sc. Conflict management and Resolution, M.Sc. Disaster preparedness and Engineering management, M.Sc. Disaster management and Sustainable development, Master in Peace and Conflict studies, M.Sc. in Climate change adaptation and sustainable development, M.Sc. in Microbiology, M.Sc. in Informational technology, M.Sc. in Environmental biology, M.Sc. in Pure mathematics, M.Sc. in Applied mathematics, M.Sc. in Agricultural information and community management, M.Sc. in Physics, M.Sc. in Industrial engineering and management, M.Sc. in Water resources engineering, M.Sc. in Structure engineering, M.Sc. in Chemistry, M.Sc. in Medical parasitology, Master of Arts in applied linguistics, Master of Education, M.Sc. in Crop protection, Master of Business administration, M.Sc. in Human resource management, M.A in Economics, M.Ed. in Educational planning and Management, M.Ed. in Economics education, M.Ed. in Educational management and Policy studies, M.Ed. in Guiding and Counseling, M.Ed. in Mathematics education, M.Sc. in Science education, Master of Arts in Religion, Masters in Diplomacy and International relations, and Masters of Arts in History.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Programs offered by Masinde Muliro University in Kenya

The Ph.D. programs offered by Masinde Muliro University institution in Kenya include; Ph.D. in Religion, Ph.D. in History, Ph.D. in Economics and management of Education, Ph.D. in Education planning and management, Ph.D. in Education management and Policy studies, Ph.D. in Curriculum and instruction, Ph.D. in Mathematics education, Ph.D. in Disaster management and Humanitarian assistance, Ph.D. in Conflict management and conflict Resolution, Ph.D. in Disaster management and Sustainable development, Ph.D. in Disaster preparedness and Engineering management, Ph.D. in Informational technology, Ph.D. in Peace and Conflict studies, Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics, Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, and Ph.D. in Mathematics (Statistics).

Graduate Diploma Programs offered by Masinde Muliro University in Kenya

The courses in Kenya offered undergraduate diploma program in Masinde Muliro University in Kenya include; Graduate diploma in Disaster management and Humanitarian assistance, Graduate diploma in Conflict management and Resolution, Graduate diploma in Peace, Cohesion & Integration studies, Graduate diploma in Disaster management and Sustainable development, Graduate diploma in Disaster preparedness and Engineering management, Graduate diploma in Secondary education PGDE, and Graduate diploma in Education Leadership.

Now students in Kenya can enrol for the post graduate courses of their choice at Masinde Muliro university in Kenya. Masinde Muliro has many campuses in Kenya including Nairobi Satelite campus, Bungoma campus, Kakamega town campus and many others. Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) has a wide variety of post graduate courses for Kenyans.

For those who have the calling of teaching, whether in primary schools, secondary schools or tertiary colleges, proper training is needed. University of Nairobi is a public university in Kenya that offers Bachelor of Science in education. It offers a varied course outline that depends with the preference of the student. The departments include;

• Education administration and planning
• Education communication and technology
• Education foundation
• Physical education and sports

Admission criteria

Like many other degree programs, the duration of the course takes 4 years with the student required to complete 56 units. The cost stands at shs.21, 000 for regular students and 75000 for privately sponsored students. To qualify for the bachelor degree program, there are certain admission requirements that have to be satisfied by the individual. They include;

• KCSE (Mean C+) and C+ passes in each of the four cluster subjects: Mathematics or Physics, Chemistry or Biology, and geography or history, business studies or languages (English, Kiswahili)
• Or any Group III, IV and V; or Advanced Level Certificate: Two principal passes in Mathematics and Physics with subsidiary pass in Chemistry.
• Or an ordinary Diploma from a recognized institution with Credit Passes in the relevant subjects; or
• Higher National Diploma from a recognized institution with passes in relevant subjects; or
• Technical/Science Diploma from a recognized institution with Credit Passes in Mathematics and Chemistry from a recognized institution; or B.Sc or B.Ed (Science) from a recognized institution
• Individuals with professional certificates are also eligible for application

Location and contact information

In case of any enquiries visit theiradmission reception offices at the main campus administration block, 1st floor along university way. You can also telephone them at +254-20-318262 ext 28285 or 28213. Fax them at +254-20-245566 or you can email them at [email protected].