Forget the succession talk, make youth relevant for future, nation building

Youth in Woodley estate in Nairobi. The group earns a living from art and doing casual jobs. [File, Standard]

The hottest issues for Kenyan politicians today are succession politics and the referendum debate. The more important issue; President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big Four agenda, may suffer heavy blows if political posturing is not checked immediately.

Amid all the noise over who should be blamed for what, serious challenges abound; the corruption mongrel, unemployment, insecurity, infrastructure, food insecurity, education and socio-economic welfare.