Kenya is nearing
another electioneering year, 2022 where its citizen gets to choose new leaders
for the next 5 years. Some political spirants especially those garnering for the top seat of the President of the Republic of
Kenya began looking for votes and strategizing on how to win Kenyans to their
side as early as 2017. That was the year, the last elections were held.
It is sad because the same people in the elected
positions or per se in power in one way or another are the same ones who want
to get votes,
come the year 2022.
Do they ever get work to work? Are the promises they made in 2017 fully
accomplished? Until when will Kenyans be taken for granted? Don't we ever get tired f hearing the same story or receiving the same kind of
promises from these politicians?
I am happy that a select few Kenyans are getting
angry at the system and coming up with movements that speak to these
politicians of the reality in the ground. This includes the strugglers’ movement. I am pretty sure many more are yet to be
revealed before we get to the actual date of the 2022 elections. Until when
will the youth be promised jobs.
The sad reality is that I will be graduating
with my Master's degree on 12th November 2021 from a prestigious University but
I remain unemployed. The old people are still enjoying huge sums of money with
the retirement age now at 60 years from the previous 55 years. A lot more
people are graduating millions of Kenyans who majority are in the youth group
have Undergraduates, masters, and PhDs. The majority of these learned people
got the papers with the mindset that they will get employed someday perhaps a
higher degree would get them there.
The sad reality is that now getting a job in
Kenya, you must know the who's and who's. But does everyone do? A lot of
corruption revolving around a lot of people wanting to get jobs, stories to do
with tribalism, and if you have this much money to be reserved for a certain
position. This has become a no-shame kind of transaction in Kenya as many do it openly and it is the
young people who will vividly tell you "izo jobs zina wenyewe".
Shortlisting of potential employees of a job is now done for formality as the
saying goes.
But should that be so? My heart cries for the
millions of young people who have taken their time to study and work hard with
the effort of their parents to get a good livelihood in the future. It is the
youth population that is largely sort after by today's Kenyan politicians.
I heard one of them say that "Kura yako, ndiyo itakayo kupa kazi". Is
that gospel truth, honestly speaking. Shouldn't my papers and experience be it
from an internship or a volunteer position get me a place in a position I apply
for?
I have applied for thousands of jobs until now I
am hopeful that a door shall be opened for me, I still receive those regret
emails but I stay hopeful. I have gone ahead to encourage the youth and those
who feel they have done their best and given up via my youtube channel -
Terry's World https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC71zWRcJDPgYJSBMDYWayCw to
keep their hope alive. I am still not there, but I pray content creation could
be some of the ways some politicians could encourage the youth to focus.
The jobs, loans and promises to get
opportunities hardly come through for the majority of Kenyans. Our country needs
hope, it needs real, honest stuff. Let the CBC curriculum, youth agendas, and
parastatals in line with empowering the youth and unemployed be routed towards
implementing their original purpose. The empty promises should come to a STOP
now. Let us all as Kenyans keep a record of what every aspirant stated before
he was voted in and when they are in that position, we need proof of all that
he or she promised WANJIKU. I trust am the voice of the Youths and Kenyans who
do not have channels to voice their pleas and opinions to the government and
aspiring politicians. That CHANGE should start now, and it begins with YOU and
ME.
Terry Muriithi,
Nairobi County.
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