Embrace jua kali to tame rising unemployment in Nyanza, leaders tell youth

POLITICAL JIG: Kasipul MP Ong’ondo Were with his Suba South counterpart John Mbadi and the Lake Basin Development Authority Chairman Odoyo Owidi during a fundraiser in Oyugis town, Kasipul constituency. [James Omoro, Standard]

Political leaders have urged the youth to venture into and embrace the jua kali sector to tame runaway unemployment.

Speaking in Oyugis town, Kasipul constituency on Sunday when they raised Sh1.2 million in support of a local enterprise, Oyugis Central Jua kali Shade Entrepreneurs, the leaders said it is only the jua kali skills that the youth will be self-reliant.