Charlene Ruto calls on unemployed youth to create jobs for themselves “Don’t be lazy”
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Charlene Ruto says the lack of job opportunities for young people can only be solved by the youth creating opportunities for themselves
Charlene Ruto says the lack of job opportunities for young people can only be solved by the youth creating opportunities for themselves.
Charlene Ruto, the daughter of President William Ruto has delved into the unemployment menace in the country, encouraging young people to pursue their passions rather than waiting for nonexistent assistance.
Speaking on Citizen TV’s “Kenya’s Gold” program on Wednesday, Charlene mentioned the dearth of employment prospects for young people in the nation and asserted that the best way to address this issue is for the youth to create possibilities for themselves.
The first daughter stated that young people in the nation should look for alternatives because there aren’t enough jobs to satisfy their steadily increasing number.
She revealed that she has gotten numerous resumes from other young people pleading for work.
Charlene Ruto urged young people not to sit around idly but rather to get out of their comfort zones and align themselves with the proper networks and opportunities.
“Through our organizations, if maybe we were to employ as many people as people, because I cannot tell you the amount of CVs on my desk and the requests for jobs, maybe we would employ 3,000 young people. It is a drop in the ocean, we are 70% of the over 50 million population of Kenya,” she said.
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“The best thing we can do for our young people creates opportunities for them…the network. I’d like to call on our young people, let’s not sit and be lazy.”
Charlene went on to assert that the only thing the government can do is to pick up and bolster the opportunities already created by the youth themselves to grow their hustles.
She further cited her experience as the patron of the Smachs Foundation reiterating to the youth to pursue and embrace their passions rather than seek paid jobs, which she says may not be forthcoming.
“You are passionate about something, don’t give up on that. Reach out to us, and give us your idea. I give a listening ear to somebody who has already started something and I can see where they are going and I can put something in other than somebody who is like ‘give me a job’…which job?” She posed.
“Where am I going to get the job from? But if you tell me that ‘I’m passionate about tree planting or beekeeping, could you come to visit my farm or could you help me get a piece of land somewhere, I want to expand’…these are the young people we’re going to give a listening ear to.”
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