 Woh I am with Coletta Okela to my extreme right. She is MC aspirant for Harami World. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you so much. Thank you for coming. Next to me is Billy Kibitchi. He is the national chairman at Youth Kenya Falcon Group. You're welcome. Thank you so much for coming. Good morning to you too. Of course the hashtag is why in the morning. At Ram Aguko. That's why you can find me. At Y24 Channel is the official station handle. And of course, my colleague's handle is at Stephanie Ayieta. Engage with us. We value your feedback. Now first things first, KCPE examinations are either coming up today or tomorrow. And our candidates that sat there. Kenya certificate of primary education should be expecting to receive these results. Many of course are expected to be anxious. And of course I want to talk about that. The education CES Professor George Margoha last week assured that the results were ready and will be released depending on the president's diary. Your thoughts about these particular examinations and of course maybe a word of advice to our candidates that sat there examinations. Let me start with you Koleta. No pressure actually. I usually tell my people exams is just for now. And it's you failing or passing your KCPE doesn't mean you'll be successful or failure in life. So it's all about what is next. Whether you pass or you fail, what is next for you. So don't over think about what you're getting. But the question is what's next. What's next? Okay, when I was waiting for my KCPE. I remember my fear was actually my parents being disappointed or not. Exactly. The pressure is just too much. It's too much. But for KCPE I was thinking about life. True. For KCPE I was thinking about my parents. Mugili, your thoughts about this? Yeah personally I do have my two brothers doing the same exam. KCPE. They are twin brothers. So we expect the best from them. And KCPE you have to impress your parents first. You have to give back to your parents. Your parents are the ones who invest in you. Akademix is an investment. And what you get after the KCPE is what determines your high school. And your high school determines your university or your future. So KCPE exam is very critical. It's the foundation. It's the basis of everything in life. So we wish them the best. And we expect nothing but the best from them. We are talking about 1.2 million candidates. KCPE. And we are seeing them joining high school in the next one month. So different from how it was due to COVID. How do you expect these kids and will these affect the candidates? Do you see this having any psychological effect on them even mentally? And being prepared joining high school in the next one month. I believe they are prepared. It's just that it's not the norm that we are used to. But I believe they are ready. Because once you are in school you know it's marathon. So until you hit the break. And even KCPE they don't take as much time as we did. So I believe they are used to by now. And it's good because it's keeping them busy. Which is something good. We are wishing our candidates success. Remember the English composition and Kisweli Inshia were marked manually. I remember how we used to use a lot of ideas. And the Frogs Kingdom in the morning. Let's see before I run as fast as my thin most pitolite legs could carry me. Kaisi, we wish you the best. And of course on behalf of Y in the morning crew a success. In these particular examinations that we are expecting. Whatever you receive work with that. That's what you did. I couldn't help you to come and God give you. You gave it your best. So moving forward I want to touch on politics now. Let us know about what Falcon Group is all about before we continue. Because you are the national chairperson of that particular entity. So it's kind of Falcon Group is about mainly we advocate for youth involvement in politics and leadership and governance in Kenya. So it's a national group for now we have we have our presence in about 11 counties. We started a year ago and we are progressing. So it's an you know in Kenya in the political dynamics at the moment. The youth vote the youth blocking vote. There are some challenges they are facing during the elections. So the group seeks to remedy the challenges like for example the youth in Kenya. Some of the challenges they face during elections and during leadership being left out is due to misinformation. Lack of the right the correct information ignorance you know such things you know. And the negative perception created on politicians. So the group creates a platform where at the group we run a forum called Youth Kenya Politics. Where the youth get to listen to their leaders. They get they listen to them and them too can be heard. So the forum both we run physically when we hold conferences and we run it on all our social media handles. So it's a conversation which is going on. So the youth can hear out their challenges what they face to their issues and they can both hear from their leaders. What's the name of the group online? So Youth Kenya Politics we do interchangeably. So on Twitter you can find out Youth Kenya Politics but the group name is Youth Kenya Falcon Group. The same to Facebook on Instagram is Youth Kenya Politics. That's why we engage the young voters on matters politics. And I'm really very much interested in knowing the fruits so far that you've acquired. Yeah absolutely. Because it's changing the political dynamics in the country especially in regards to the youth. Yeah so at Youth Kenya Falcon Group apart from actually it's a self-help group registered with the government. And apart from being a youth group we do other activities like team building you know political activities and others. Also we run a youth and leadership forum among our high school students. So we do visit secondary schools, high schools and we you know they are the 18 years. So do you talk politics? Do you talk leadership? Because now high school is a bit interesting. Yeah it's a bit interesting. You know we have to prepare them for the future. They are the young voters. They are the 18 years, 17 years. They are the next voters. So they have to be informed about what to expect in future. Alright. Let me come to you go later. You're vying for Harambe ward. Yes. Why you? Why should they come for you? Why should they... Why should they choose you? Why should they choose you? Yeah. What do you have for the people of Harambe? Okay. Thank you. So why Kuleta? I should introduce myself. So who's Kuleta? Kuleta is a mam. Kuleta is Demojiri Demomta. I believe I have what it takes to take our ward to what it should be and to what it was when we were growing up. We have a lot of youth there and that's why you remember when you asked me about the KCP results I told you it's about what's next. In my area it's a sporty ward. So most of us are actually earning their living through their talents. So we have acrobats, we have football players, we have different talents in our ward. So I can say 70% of our youth are in entertainment. It can be boxing, it can be anything. But it's entertainment that is, it's the talent that is putting food on the table. So I really want to work on that in terms of how can they get the platform they need for them to get where they should be. This is about bringing the platform where empowerment through sports, which is the core thing at your ward. At my ward, yes. In terms of employment, do you see this as being one main source of earning? Yes it is and that's why I actually want to major in it. Okay. Yes, because you find not so many people there go to university or something. Not because they can't, but okay, financial problem of course is training. And number two is because you're very good at this thing, you're very good at football, you're very good at acrobats, you're very good at boxing. So if it can earn you money, they don't see the essence of actually going to school to do something different. But what's your vision for Harambe? Because if it comes to sports, another aspect you can also… Sure. Yeah? Sure, sure. What makes your stand out? What makes my mind stand out is because it's in… I love Harambe. Like I said, I'm born and bred. So it's not about what I want, it's the vision that I have in my head that I want to do. I usually say if I can get someone, if I can get a leader who shares the same values with me, I don't mind holding the light for them to shine. Selfless? Yes, as long as we give the best to our people. Alright, thank you so much. I want us to touch on politics. The first thing, even as we talk about this, because at the end of the day national politics affects… True. …polities at the world level and at the county level. Yes. And of course, one particular issue that I would like to bring on board that is also making headlines in mainly of our dailies is the statement made by president in regards to his deputy. Because in response, the deputy president William Ruto yesterday vigorously denied the allegations that were made by the president in regards to toppling the president from leadership and of course he termed the reports as malicious propaganda and of course I'm going to give you a chance to respond to this and he said and I quote, they say the deputy president wants to topple Uhuru Kenyatta. How can someone who helped the president form government plot to impeach him? Let us have some respect, even if they do not want to help me, let us stop propaganda and divisive politics. End of quote. The deputy says he could not plot to remove his boss from government and they form together. Yeah. So on that issue, I think there's a lot of propaganda. There's a lot of issues surrounding that issue. So when you look at Bill, the deputy president, I think he's a man who fought for this government. He's a man who is the man who is most responsible for this government formation. So I don't think Bill will do that for government which he formed. So when you look at, I think this issue originates from the Jubilee nominations in 2017. When you look at during that nominations, remember there was a lot of chaos both in Jubilee and the opposition. So each party had to do a repeat nominations. So during that nominations, I think it is deputy president William Ruto who took charge of the nominations at Jubilee. So by that happening, you see many who won the seats are perceived to be his allies, especially in the stronghold, the Jubilee stronghold in Mount Kenya under the Rift Valley. So by that I think there was a lot of mistrust in the Jubilee high command and people started bringing up the issue that the deputy president has too much people close to him, members of parliament who have the power through parliament to impeach the president. But now in regards to this, what are the ramifications of what you're saying in regards to this particular issue here? So what I'm saying is that many people perceived that the deputy president controlled majority of the Jubilee MPs which Jubilee as a party got majority in parliament. So by majority of the members of parliament from Jubilee party being allies of the deputy president, I think there was a lot of mistrust and maybe they can bring up something like the deputy president was planning to impeach the president. Because you're saying that whatever they're saying is true. I'm not saying that. When you look at the deputy president, the man who fought for this government, he campaigned countrywide for this government. So how can he come back and bring down the same government? So to my opinion I don't think the deputy president had any ill intentions. There's no smoke where there's no fire. There's no air. So these two are very powerful leaders. These two are very opinionated leaders. These two are very good friends. They used to call themselves brother. They used to be couple girls. They come with white shirts and red ties. These people were together like very good friends. So whatever happened between them we don't know. What we can ask them is for now, for peace sake we just need to let it go. We thank God it didn't get to the point that it involved us. And from what we saw in 2002, we wouldn't want a repeat of that. So whether it happened or not, we would like it to just go down. And as our leaders they should show us a way. Do you see this changing the conversation in terms of fellowship, voting pattern? We need change. It might change. So it depends on how they carry it out. Is that what I'm saying? We need to play very safe. Because if it's not played well, it might bring chaos which we don't want. So for peace sake and for the sake of the elections that is almost coming. And you see nominations are almost here. In two weeks time nomination will start going. So for peace sake we just ask for Kenya. Because we usually say Kenya comes first. So for Kenya's sake, if it happened, we don't know. And if it didn't happen, if it's propaganda, we don't know. I don't know. I would like you to tell me what you know. The hashtag is why in the morning at Ramaguko and that why 254 Channel. I want us to take a short break, a short commercial break and then we'll be back in a bit. Keep it Y254. Welcome back. This is why in the morning is all about youth and politics today on this particular conversation. We just want to continue. If at all you're just joining us. My name is Ramaguko. I am with Coletta and Billy here in this conversation as we dissect matters concerning the nation. And of course stories making headlines today on this particular Monday morning. And of course on Sunday the DP began his tour by conducting rallies at the Muembe Tari market in Mombasa before proceeding to Kisauni for several stopovers where he rallied the residents to support his presidential bid come August this year. Of course the DP firing a salvo at President Rukinyata alleged that approximately one billion shillings that has been set aside by government to buy politicians from UDA just for the sake of weakening this side. What do you think about that Coletta? That means that's tough. That's a tough one. That's a tough one because I mean why you spend money when you believe in your manifesto then it's clearly a winning team. So we don't need to buy. Now we know where you are. We don't need to buy. But some people are believing in UDA. Why are they believing? Because of their gender that is on the other side. I believe it's time that we get what we deserve. I believe it's time we get proper and clear leadership. And of course by now you should know my choice. So it's no. I don't think it's available. On the issue of buying politicians I think it's quite unfortunate. We at UDA we think that the money is spent like for example you have said that the deputy president claimed that a billion shillings has been used to buy politicians from Jubilee party to from UDA party to John Jubilee party. So on that issue I think there are more pricing issues right now in Kenya. We have the economy. The economy is rising. People cannot put food on the table. The economy is too. The price of basic commodities are not the normal price. So people are suffering and I think that's money. If at all it's true. We cannot even underscore what the deputy president has said. He's the deputy president in the government. He knows what is going on in government. If at all what a legend is true then I think priorities of this government at the moment it's misplaced. All right. And now moving on still in matters concerning politics. From UDA, let's come to Izimiyo. Honoborello Diga has a tough, tough job and that many political parties are saying between either one fulfilling the desires of the people, the hopes that people have put on him, the expectations people have planted on him and two or two the desires of his new allies. They have come with demands. I believe it's one point. It's just that it's one point because whatever agenda and whatever needs I believe it's just that we are expecting a lot from him and whatever agenda and that's the reason why people are moving from UDA to Izimiyo is because of the bigger picture. We need help as a country and we need a leader who is very firm. We need someone who can now sit down and take us back. They give us a better economy, they give us a better system in terms of education and everything and we clearly have seen Honoborello Diga whatever he does, he does it wholeheartedly and he gives it his best and he delivers. So I believe the reason people are moving is because of the agenda that is on Izimiyo that is making people move. We need something which is better than what is on UDA. We are working on a system that is something that is realistic. We are working on something that can be done. We don't want you to promise me something that literally cannot work in the next five years. We don't need you, it's like the governor who has been working in America for the last five years and now he's back saying he wants to build electricity again. I mean we want something that we will start seeing in the next 100 days after you getting into the office. And I believe the manifesto is more realistic than what UDA is selling. Do you believe the same? No, actually let me agree to disagree. So she's talked about something which is achievable, something which is realistic. And when you look at the side of the deputy president, the party leader of UDA officially now, what he has been promising the youth, okay when you look at the youth, okay we have to look at the youth what, the youth what which makes up to about 51% total votes when you look at 2017 statistics, the youth make between age 18 to 35 make up around 51% of the 19 million votes. When you look at that, what the deputy president have been promising the youth is when you look first, the first promise is on 100 billion Kenyan shillings for small medium and small medium enterprises. When you look at this 100 billion and you look at the industry of the small businesses, these are businesses which are carried out by the women and the youth mainly, majority of the people who carry out those business are the youth. So when these people don't have access to credit, they cannot access capital to start their business and run their business in a good way. So what the deputy president is doing is promising 100 billion to give 100 million same as CDF. But they promise both from UDA no this is specifically UDA has promises for the youth. Specifically to UDA, the deputy president has promised that he is going to give these credit, the youth groups, the circles, the small businesses, credit about 100 billion shillings. The other issue is the deputy president has promised that he is going to invest on projects which involve housing and manufacturing and issues which are labor based which is going to create employment to the youth. So those are realistic things and when you look to the other side, I think the only thing I've managed to pick from re-loading presidential campaigns is the issue on 6000 social protection program. You know, giving out 6000 shillings to the vulnerable families in Kenya I don't think that will be a good idea to empower the youth and the women. 6000 in Nairobi you cannot even survive 2 weeks, you know. But still people are leaving UDA? No, that's not the fact. I think it's the way around. Is there something that they are doing right? UDA have been welcoming defectors since last year. Up to today. By the end of the period they did land for changing the parties they did. On that day UDA signed I think three governors. So I think it's the other way around. People joining UDA. I want us to bring this conversation to a close to ourselves. The role of youth in terms of leadership and governance. How can we change the narrative where we have blame games, insults this person did this propaganda. Is there a lens that youths can use coming to the election that will help them to select the right leaders for themselves that can enable them or to establish them in the environment that is conducive both for business and for learning? I think this is the right time for the youths and for anyone who has a voter's card to sit down and really look and articulate who you really want to choose. In terms of if you are going to a job you have to give your CV. So these are the things that we usually rub off when it comes to politics. And as you choose your leader you should know at least what is it someone who is is it someone who is realistic? Is it someone who can change whatever he is saying? Is it someone who is giving you realistic ideas? Or is it someone who is telling you something just to brush you off? Is it something realistic? If you go and choose your leaders it trickles down to the manifesto and trickles down to them as a person. So whatever they are saying is going to make sense whether it is realistic and whether the models can work. Briefly, what lens can youths use in order for them to select the right leaders for themselves? Just within a minute. So I think that youth in a falcon group we do believe that the youth will be at the center of these elections. The 2022 general elections will be historic elections where the martyrs youth will be a priority and it will take a center stage during these elections. So this contest during these elections will be about the candidates with the best youth agenda and the best youth ideas ideas to bring empowerment to bring a martyrs youth interest, youth fund and much of that. So these elections will be about the youth. Koleta, final word. You can talk to your people, that is your camera. You have something to say to your people because I know you are vying for a seat MCA member of Contassembly, Harambe Ward. Talk to your people within 30 seconds. It has been a pleasure actually working with you so far and as you know, I keep on saying it's time for change. It's time for change and change starts with you. It's unfortunate that we have to we have to campaign with things like basari youth fund because it's something that it's what you need it's what you deserve so it's unfortunate that we have to again bring it up in times like this but I promise you a better Harambe I promise you better healthcare, I promise you better education systems when it comes to how our schools will be so thank you for giving me and trusting me so far with where we are so far you can follow us on Facebook at Pamoja Nakuleta that is where you are that is our page Pamoja Nakuleta Pamoja Nakuleta No, please don't say it Well that is the end of this particular conversation right here on youth and qualities remember we still have more coming your way in a bit Thank you