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A section of Kenyan youth\u00a0have urged voters to look beyond their tribes and vote for a leader who can develop the country and provide the needed jobs for the teeming unemployed youth.<\/p>\n
They say\u00a0blindly voting along tribal lines\u00a0would\u00a0not deliver the infrastructure the country needs or stamp out corruption that they\u00a0believe is\u00a0robbing the country of the needed development. They\u00a0maintain that\u00a0competing along tribal\u00a0lines rather than competence has been the biggest\u00a0threat\u00a0to Kenya\u2019s\u00a0democracy.<\/p>\n
Many Kenyans believe the tribal card in politics won\u2019t go away anytime soon. Going into the August 8 elections, the incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta is heavily depending on\u00a0Kikuyus and\u00a0Kalenjins,\u00a0who were locked in the post 2007 election violence, to retain the reins of\u00a0government. Raila Odinga also leans heavily on the\u00a0Luos,\u00a0Luhyas as well as other minority tribes in\u00a0his bid to\u00a0upstage his opponent in next week\u2019s polls.<\/p>\n
Speaking to EIB Network\u2019s International Correspondent, Kobby Gomez-Mensah \u00a0in a recent discussion at Kenyatta University, Fannies,\u00a0 a first-time voter,\u00a0said tribal politics is the reason for the current food shortages in the country. She said Kenya is endowed with arable land and human resources to till the land, but\u00a0due to\u00a0poor leadership\u00a0there\u2019s no sugar\u00a0and flour\u00a0in the shops,\u00a0leaving many Kenyans hungry.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want Kenyans to for once look beyond their tribes and vote for a candidate who will develop this country. Look at the manifesto the Jubilee Party presented in the last elections, how many of those\u00a0promises were achieved?\u201d She questioned.<\/p>\n
Another millennial, George,\u00a0also a first time voter in the same discussion said there\u2019s not much difference among the candidates in next week\u2019s elections. He said most of those challenging the incumbent have been in national leadership in the past but their performance have been far from what\u00a0Uhuru\u00a0Kenyatta and William\u00a0Ruto\u00a0have delivered over the last five years.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the next five years when some of us are ready for leadership, this country could then be producing leader\u2019s who may not be as corrupt as those seeking to lead Kenya now. Even though Kenya was supposed to devolve its governance, what was devolved was rather corruption from central government to county government,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n
James\u00a0Kwerche, another young voter,\u00a0appealed to Kenyans to shun the leading parties and vote for a third party. He said that is\u00a0the only way\u00a0true change would occur because not much will change\u00a0in the event of either President Kenyatta or his closest challenger, Mr Odinga wins the election.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are good\u00a0candidates. Abduba Dida\u00a0is clean compared to all the other candidates\u00a0therefore we should be thinking of voting for him and not those known to be involved in corruption in the past,\u201d\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n
In another discussion at the\u00a0Jomo\u00a0Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, a student of\u00a0Agric\u00a0Economics, Kevin,\u00a0challenged his fellow youth to\u00a0choose a leader in next week\u2019s elections who will improve the economy and secure their future.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe next leader must encourage entrepreneurship among the youth rather than\u00a0the\u00a0focus on non-existent white collar\u00a0jobs. Government\u00a0must\u00a0support graduates with capital and\u00a0create\u00a0the needed\u00a0linkages\u00a0for produce of entrepreneurship to be sold\u00a0with other countries\u00a0to prevent glut,\u201d he\u00a0said.<\/p>\n
Another student, Oscar, said beyond next week\u2019s elections the leaders need to focus on addressing the high rate of youth unemployment in the country\u00a0and thus, they\u00a0must ensure that\u00a0the ballot is peaceful.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe actions of those seeking to lead Kenya in\u00a0these elections\u00a0will live with us for a long time, therefore they must ensure Kenya remains peaceful after the elections. I want the young people to know that Kenya is the only country we have so we must not allow ourselves to be used to disrupt the peace in the country,\u201d he\u00a0urged.<\/p>\n
The interviewees were divided mainly along the two dominant parties, Jubilee Party and National Super Alliance. But many analysts have described next week\u2019s polls as a close contest between Raila\u00a0Odinga,\u00a0the opposition leader, and\u00a0the\u00a0incumbent, Uhuru\u00a0Kenyatta.<\/p>\n
Campaigns in Kenya ahead of next week\u2019s elections have reached a top gear. Whoever wins the elections has a wide array of expectations to meet, key among them offering jobs to the\u00a0the masses of\u00a0unemployed youth.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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