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Can the real Kenyan youth please stand-up?

There is no term that likes to be thrown around as the word ‘youth’ in Kenyan politics. As a matter of fact, some veteran politicians have even gone further and identified themselves as youth or vijana. Yet the Constitution clearly defines a youth as individuals in between 18-35 year while under the African Youth Charter, a youth is any individual between ages 15-35 years.

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