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In an interesting turn of events in this year's General Election, young people were elected into office in spite of their low voter turnout. This is a significant stride we have made as a country that relatively older people can now trust youthful leadership.
This year's election recorded the lowest voter turnout in 15 years. There was the expectation of bagging in six million new registered voters when the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) opened a window of mass voter registration targeting youth with an abysmal performance.
Of the 16,100 candidates at the general elections, 4,508 were in the youth bracket. Both at the party primaries and the eventual ballot, youth floored seasoned and moneyed men and women at the ballot, another key indicator that our politics could be gravitating towards an issue-based one.
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