Locals blast leaders telling jobless youth to employ themselves

Henry Kariuki displays some of the products he makes from recycled waste at his shop in Kavutiri market, Embu. [Joseph Muchiri/Standard]

Members of an Embu County-based group have told off leaders who tell jobless people to employ themselves, whereas the same leaders have clinched state employment for decades.

The Manyatta Stakeholders Forum (MASHF), which aims at empowering farmers and business people in the area through training, concurred that such leaders should lead by example.