Jubilee Secretary-General Raphael Tuju, Youth League chairman Gideon Keter, Youth league official Abraham Limo and vice president of International Young Democrat Union at the Jubilee headquarters in Nairobi. [PHOTO/the-star.co.ke]
Jubilee will hold a youth convention this weekend to strategise on a winning formula for the August polls.
The conference is set to bring together thousands of youths from across the country coming under the banners of Jubilee affiliate parties.
The parties include PNU, Kanu, Maendeleo Chap Chap, and Narc Kenya.
Jubilee's Youth League co-ordinator David Gitare disclosed that the meeting aims at ensuring all youths re-elect President Uhuru Kenyatta in August.
“A young person who joined university in 2013 has never voted. Using students statistics in the universities, we have six million potential young voters who are exposed and will vote not based on tribe but personal conviction,” said Gitari.
Chairman Gideon Keter in his part said Jubilee has given youths a chance in the primaries and will continue offering open chances to them to encourage participation of young people in governance.
National Youth programme Coordinator Siyad Osman commended the strategy, saying that it is the young voters who hold the swing vote.