{"id":11349,"date":"2025-12-19T13:47:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=11349"},"modified":"2025-12-19T13:47:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:47:51","slug":"the-government-delay-to-address-challenges-facing-youths-raises-their-wrath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=11349","title":{"rendered":"The Government Delay To Address Challenges Facing Youths Raises Their Wrath"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>By Merceline Nasambu Khaemba.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The delay by government to address challenges facing the youth unemployment has frustrated them.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking during the 10th Annual young friends program conference hosted by Kamusinga yearly meeting at Kimilili girls\u2019 secondary school, Masai Micah, representative young adults\u2019 friends in Africa explained why the youths had many demonstrations on the streets.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cYoung people, not only in Kenya but in the entire world, want to see some rapid changes and that\u2019s why the government should not take time in addressing unemployment among youth,\u201d he insisted.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Masai also said that the youths have been depressed due to lack of unemployment claiming that their opportunities have been given to those who don\u2019t deserve it because of corruption in the name of connection.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He raised a complain that youths\u2019 representatives are being blamed by their fellow youths in the name of \u2018them not working and representing them well\u2019 when in real sense they have also not been given a good opportunity to represent their fellow youths.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11348\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251219-WA0001-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251219-WA0001-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251219-WA0001-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251219-WA0001-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251219-WA0001-558x420.jpg 558w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251219-WA0001-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251219-WA0001-696x524.jpg 696w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251219-WA0001-1068x804.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251219-WA0001.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Applauding friends churches and other churches for helping the government in managing youths and bringing their wrath down by organizing such like conferences that not only teach them morals but also keeping them busy from indulging in illegal activities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The main speaker of the conference, John Machine, called upon the government to give an ear and priority to youths not only in unemployment but also in their education because most of them have dropped out of schools due to lack of finances.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAs a church we wished we could have done more but we don\u2019t have the ability, but we have played our part of trying to instill morals to the youths,\u201d he said<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Johnstone Wepukhulu, the presiding clerk of Kamusinga yearly meeting mentioned the topics to be taught during the conferences which have been categorized into social, spiritual and economic reiterating that its mainly aimed at shaping the morals of the youths.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He also called upon parents to work hand in hand with the church and the government to save this youth generation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Merceline Nasambu Khaemba. The delay by government to address challenges facing the youth unemployment has frustrated them. Speaking during the 10th Annual young friends program conference hosted by Kamusinga yearly meeting at Kimilili girls\u2019 secondary school, Masai Micah, representative young adults\u2019 friends in Africa explained why the youths had many demonstrations on the streets. 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