NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 19 – President William Ruto has urged leaders to stop inciting youth to violence, emphasizing the need to focus on creating job opportunities for them.
Speaking during an interdenominational prayer service in Bungoma, the head of state udnerscorerd the need to further facilitae growth prospects for them.
assured that no one will be isolated in the government’s development agenda.
“We cannot run away and abandon our children to their designs. It is our responsibility; it is up to us to ensure they get a good education. It is up to us to make sure that t hey get good mentorship, that they are of good character and that they stand for the right things and that we plan for them to get jobs, and to flourish,” he stated.
“These are our children, and we are responsible for them because it is our responsibility to make sure that they stand for the right thing,” he said.
His sentiments follow a call by former President Uhuru Kenyatta for the youthful GenZ to fight for their rights.
Kenyatta described the GenZ as the future of Kenyan politics.
“You must stand up and fight for your rights and make sure you are given your fair share of what belongs to you, everything is worth fighting for,” he said.
“You can’t just stand and let people take your hard-earned sweat. The world doesn’t work that way, we are behind you.”
Uhuru’s sentiments come on the back of growing criticism directed towards President William Ruto, particularly from the young people and comes a month after he met with Ruto at his Ichaweri home last month.
These criticisms majorly on social media platforms have prompted the government to incorporate new directives for social platforms including a requirement to set up a physical presence in the country as it moves to curtail what it calls misuse of digital platforms.
This follows months of a stand-off sparked by negative posts online against top government officials, including President William Ruto who was angered by cartoons depicting them in coffins among other caricatures.
This has led to numerous cases of abduction of youths, sparking across the country after fingers were pointed at the National Intelligence Service out to curb the alleged disinformation, harassment, and incitement on social media by Kenyan youth.
Earlier, the Interior and National Coordination ministry said on its X account that the Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo had met representatives from telecommunications companies and social media platforms without elaborating further.
