Unemployment and dwindling economic opportunities have been huge challenges facing the Kenyan youth. Young people, must, therefore, carefully interrogate the credentials of various leaders in the offing as the election draws close and utilize their huge numbers to put in place leadership with the ability to fix these twin challenges.
For this to succeed, there is a grave need to first address the persistent problem of apathy that has characterised this key constituent, denying it an opportunity to counter the largely ethnic-based politics that dictates electoral outcomes. It must be made clear to the youth that their plight is inextricably linked to how the country is governed.
