The youth have been asked to join Technical training Institutes to enable them to acquire skills for sustainable employment instead of vacating their homes to live in towns in search of jobs, where they often meet avoidable deaths.
Masige East MCA Michael Motume stated that the government allocates a significant amount of money to support local TVETs, which offer various courses to the youth, but blames them for not joining the institutions.
“The government provided free sponsorship for youths in this country to acquire technical skills in schools, but the majority of them don’t take the offer as they prefer the bodaboda industry to quick and shallow money that does not enable them to get enough food for their families,” he said.
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The MCA joined residents to mourn the late Paul Makoribera, who was shot dead in Nairobi during the recent Sababasaba Genz aborted demonstrations.
Until his death, Makori was a school leaver working in menial jobs in Nairobi to help his family.
Motume took a swipe at Kisii elected leaders for failing to raise concern about the justice of innocent youth from the area who were slain like hens during the unrest.
“Since Makori was shot early this month, no politician has raised any concern or visited this family because they are poor.” He added,” If it were the death of a rich man’s child, by now you could see rich people with long stomachs sitting here mourning with the family.”
He blamed President Ruto’s broad-based government for the killing and called him to account for the deaths to avoid shedding more innocent people’s blood by the brutal police who earn the taxpayers’ money.
The late Paul Makori was laid to rest on Wednesday at his Bokinibanto village in Masige Ward, East of Bobasi Constituency.
A widow and three children survive him.
By Enock Okong’o
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