INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY 2015

This years intenational youth day took Mombasa county by storm following a series of youthful events and sessions,from youth forums,youth summits and many other activities.
The theme for the day being "YOUTH AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT" ,Which begs the question what percentage of the youths are involved in issues of policies for example? how well does youth know the constitution? do the youths know the roles of their leaders as per the constitution?

However this year the youths proved to the county that they are awake and have decided to to take full responsibilities in gorvernance matters.we witnessed a number of youths attending pulic forums on matters affecting them not forgeting youth summits.

The youths in Mombasa county have found anew mantra"MUSIPOTUHUSISHA,NAJIHUSISHA!!!!" to mean that change is a process that begin internally from an individual,and therefore they are ready to involve themselves in matters of development and gorvernance.

For example ;three hundred youths attended a forum organised by Activista youth network through actionaid and discussed the challenges facing them and their solution the drafted a memorundum which was sighned by all the youths in attendance plus the legislators present.

(picture of youths at weasly hall participating in the memorundum)

Amongst the challenges,lack of information and exposure,large number of school droup outs which makes it hard to engage the youths since they wont fully comprehend the matter at hand.

The memorandum was the memorandum was then presented to the gorvenour of Mombasa county at the municipal stadium of mombasa during the international youth day!

Should the memorandum be impemented then it will be a new dawn for the youths of mombasa county!!! A new error of youths being active is indeed marked,TOGETHER WE STAND,DIVIDED WE FALL!!!!

(picture of activistas with Hassan Ali Johoafter handing over the youth memorundum)

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