US ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec. He has told the youth to embrace agribusiness for income. [Photo/Twitter]
Kenyan youth have been challenged to embrace agribusiness as a way of getting them out of criminal activities and the cycle of high poverty.
Speaking at the 1st National Youth Agribusiness Conference in Karen Nairobi, US ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec, Agriculture CS Willy Bett, Chief Justice David Maraga and Youth and Gender Affairs CS Sicily Kariuki, noted that agriculture offers attractive and sustainable employment for the youth through active involvement in agribusiness.
“The young people want to live in the cities and towns as celebrities yet the truth is that agriculture can make young people have a successful life,” Mr Godec said as he unveiled the Kenya Youth in Agribusiness strategy.
CS Bett said the current maize shortage will end in a month’s time.
“We have imported maize from various global market segments to contain the acute shortage of the commodity following effects of prolonged drought,” Mr Bett said.