Youth must rise up, begin to drive desired change

Kenyan youth have in the past faced various obstacles in their path to claim successful spaces after clearing studies. With statistics indicating that more than a million youth enter the job market annually after graduating from various institutions of higher learning alone, calls for every effort to be made to create an environment that creates economic opportunities for them.

Of this huge number of youth seeking their spaces, some achieve their dreams, others face challenges as many try to find solutions to their predicament. It is for such situations affecting that youth that the UN General Assembly has designated August 12 as the International Youth Day (IYD). It is a day set aside annually from 1999 to commemorate the efforts of the youth in making the world a better place.