Every university student would want to secure internship that pays but not all companies pay interns. There is no period that is tough for a university student like when in internship. You see others taking lunch na wewe huna chochote.But when you are paid even if it’s Ksh5, 000,you feel your work is appreciated. Areas like Nairobi are hard to survive without money. You spend Ksh200 daily on transport, Ksh100 on lunch, you are paying rent yet nobody is paying you any money.
Below are the highest paying internships in Kenya.
- Kemri—Ksh25,000 per month
- Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA)—Ksh 26,000 per month
- Safaricom—Ksh20,000 to Ksh40,000 per month
- KRA—Ksh 30,000 per month
- Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)—KSh 29,000 per month
- Unilever—Ksh Kshs 20,000 to Ksh 95,000 per month
- Google Kenya—Ksh70,000 to Ksh100,000 per month
- Airtel Kenya—Ksh 40,000 per month
- United Nations—Ksh80,000 per month
- Insurance Regulatory Authority—Ksh 40,00 to Ksh60,000 per month
- Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC)—Ksh 50,000 to Ksh80,000 per month
- Radio Africa Group—Ksh30,000 per month
- Royal Media Services—Ksh 50,000 to Ksh80,000 per month
- Central Bank of Kenya(CBK)—Ksh 50,000 and above per month
- Kenya Ports Authority—Ksh 35,000 per month
- KenGen—Ksh60,000 per month
- Centum—Ksh50,000 per month
- Cooperative Bank –Ksh20,000 per month
- KCB—Ksh 20,000 per month
- Public Service Commission of Kenya—Ksh25,000 per month
- Cytonn Investment Management—Ksh20,000 per month
- NSSF—Ksh 30,000 per month
- County Governments—Ksh20,000 to Ksh 40,000 per month
- Equity Bank—Ksh20,000 per month
- Toyota Kenya—Ksh25,000 per month
- Shell—Ksh20,000 per month
- EABL—Ksh40,000 per month
- Cocacola—Ksh30,000 to Ksh 60,000 per month
- KCAA—Ksh 40,000 per month
- KAA—Ksh40, 000 per month
- Ole Sereni Hotel—Ksh25,000 per month
- Brookside Dairy—Ksh20,000 per month
- Bidco Kenya—Ksh 20,000 per month
- GDC—Ksh40,000 per month
As a student you have to drop hard copy applications as well as through their HR email address. Since competition for these positions is high, your hopes of getting the internship should be low. While you are looking for internship, make sure that you at least know someone who can make it easier for you to secure one.
