The idea of fighting unemployment in Kenya by turning the youth into employers rather than the vast majority of the unemployed is a noble one. The idea of funding good business ideas is a great one. However the manner in which the project is being run suggests and in fact confirms the obvious. This is nothing but a campaign tool designed to win aging President Kibaki re-election.
The government says that the first beneficiaries will start receiving funds by early next month.
If this was a genuine effort to create wealth amongst the youth of Kenya then the first thing that would have happened is that the fund should have been administered by specialist NGOs on the ground, of which we have numerous dotted in every corner of the republic. It would then have been much easier for the government to supervise the project to ensure that it has the desired impact, because many NGOs are also known to be corrupt.
As it is the whole idea seems to be to distribute the Kshs 1 billion to as many youths as possible so as to influence the voting in the general elections.
Everything is in line with the Narc Kenya strategy where they will ask the electorate for more time to make the effects of the economy trickle down to ordinary folk. The truth is that with the kind of policies and management style of the current government which we have seen in recent times, chances of a trickle down effect anytime soon are nil.
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