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Covid-19 has set back the global youth agenda, President Uhuru says

President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi during a virtual meeting. [PSCU]

The Coronavirus pandemic has temporarily set back the global agenda of ensuring young people aged between 10 to 24 years are in education, training, or employment by 2030, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said.

The President noted that globally, schools for more than 168 million children have been closed for almost an entire year due to Covid-19 lockdowns.

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