Youths and Politics: The benefits they bring.
In Kenya lately many youths are joining politics like Jaguar, Boniface Mwangi just to name but a few. Young people who participate politically in their community from early on are more likely to become engaged citizens and voters. So in order to have better “young” citizenship, politics is one of the best tools. Alvin Toffler, the American futurist and author of Future Shock, argued persuasively about why youth must participate in the present moment. Toffler wrote, “The secret message communicated to most young people today by society around them is that they are not needed, that society will run itself quite nicely until they — at some distant point in the future — will take over the reins. Yet the fact is that society is not running itself nicely… because the rest of us need all the energy, brains, imagination and talent that young people can bring to bear down on our difficulties”. The youth face many issues in the world, but these issues go unheard. Since the youth would better understand other young people, the best way to improve this newer generation would be through politics, which is a tool used to take action for development. The youth have exemplary passion and creativity, and are enthusiastic about being part of the solution to the myriad problems we face as society. They are crying out for a chance to get involved, beyond voting. Let us support the youths
By Ebby.
