Leaders leave nothing to chance as scramble for youth vote hots up

Angel Mbuthia addresses the press after a consultative meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta at Sagana State Lodge, Nyeri County, yesterday. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

Kenya’s leading politicians are burning the midnight oil in a bid to win the minds and souls of the youth, a critical mass in the country’s election campaigns.

The charm offensive by politicians is coming at a time when millions of youths have been rendered jobless by a weakening economy and now have had to resort to various odd means to eke out a living.