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Young Kenyans should turn the tide and become own saviours

Two men taking a nap near the GPO stage along Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi. [David Gichuru, Standard]

I send my warmest regards to the youth of Kenya. Moments such as these can sound and feel contradictory, underwhelming even.

You may wonder whether to enjoy the joy of Idd-ul-Fittr, which marked the end of the Holy month of Ramadhan, or to embrace the pervasive cynicism sweeping across the land partly due to global recession.

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