Teens also have a stake in the nation’s fight against Covid-19
Champions of Peace Programme Director Elly Opondo (right) moderates a webinar session that involved youths spread across seven western region counties and riding on the theme “youth engagement for global action”, in Kisumu on August 8, 2020.
Kenya recorded the first case of Covid-19 in March and five months later, on August 9, there were 26,436 positive cases.
An environment that stifles innovation is the reason why many young people look for opportunities to live and study abroad, where we take our talents and brains as our country remains underdeveloped.
People as young as 17 — myself included — are calling on the government to include them in the fight against Covid-19, and other social challenges rocking Kenya.
The youth have developed innovations that can reach their age mates who have been labelled as “super spreaders” due to their indiscipline.
