Desperate youth join terror

Eric Sindabi

Address youth’s unemployment problem seriously

Government and stakeholders should seriously address the issue of youths’ employment and occupation once and for all. It is much disgusting and indeed a shame for the government and indeed for the Kenyan society that many youthful Kenyans are joining filthy and outlawed groups like Mungiki and Al shabaab while others are being trafficked outside the country where they face human abuse, all due to desperation and hopelessness caused by un employment.

The youth as always said are the backbone of any society and leaders of tommorrow.Hence unless society invests in them and moulds them to be responsible human beings then the future of society will be bleak and useless. The government should not take it lightly when mothers in the coast region demonstrate against their sons being lured to join Al shaabab or when they lament about drug traffikers.When women in central Kenya grieve about the increased alcohol abuse among young people.

On the other hand the media of late has widely highlighted the menace of human trafficking in the country where many Kenyans especially young women are being trafficked to the Middle East where they undergo slavery. Pundits believe that all this is happening due to the rampant problem of un employment among the youth of Kenya and who form the largest percentage of the country’s population.

The ball now lies in the court of the government and especially the next one, to address the plight of the youth in our country to cut off the problem of unemployment among the youth once and for all. Parliament should enact laws that will address this problem, to create favorable conditions for the youth hence solve the above problems to restore human dignity and build a better future for generations to come.

Compulsory education and training should be empasized.Laws and policies against drug abuse and trafficking, irresponsible sexual activities and criminal groupings affecting the youth should be enacted and enforced. Like wise parliament should also pass laws that will regulate immigration and hence limit immigration outside the country especially to regions where human abuse is reported.