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North Eastern leaders want State to issue youths with identity cards

A cross-section of political leaders yesterday hit out at the Government over failure to issue thousands of youth in North Eastern with national identity cards.

Led by Fino ward representative Saad Abajana, the leaders said failure to give the youths ID cards had made them an easy target for Al-Shabaab recruiters as they cannot get jobs.

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