EALA MP Hassan Omar pledges to empower Mombasa youths

Mombasa Monday July 17, 2023

KNA by Sadik Hassan

East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) MP and UDA interim Vice Chairman Hassan Omar has stated that the time has come for the country to focus on the economic revolution to end the cycle of poverty among the citizenry.

Speaking Saturday during the launch of a youth empowerment project in Junda ward, Kisauni Sub-County, Hassan challenged leaders to focus on empowering local youths instead of endless politics.

“Ghanaian founding President the late Kwame Nkrumah said after the political revolution, it is an economic revolution to uplift his people from the vicious cycle of poverty,” added Omar.  

Hassan advised Junda youth to take up any opportunities that would uplift their livelihood saying that gone are the days when leaders only engage them for political expediency. 

Hassan, who has been launching a series of empowerment projects announced plans to allocate Sh 2 million in each of the 30 wards in Mombasa County, to support economic empowerment of local youth. 

He announced that the government is exploring grassroots talent development geared towards identifying talents to restore the country's lost glory in various sporting disciplines including football, netball, cricket, and volleyball.

Hassan challenged Mombasa leaders to desist from politics and instead focus on empowering the local youthful population grappling with hard drugs. 

He said, whereas the national government has drawn various grassroots development agenda, there is a need for local elected leaders to complement through meaningful development agenda in Mombasa County.

Meanwhile, Hassan scoff at the recent street demonstration in Mombasa, which he argued, is aimed at derailing the revival of port and maritime businesses.

He said the objective of the organizers of the demonstration is intended to kill economic revival in the country.

“These demonstrations have nothing to do with the interest of common people. We prevail upon Mombasa leaders to stop killing our county’s economy, which is recovering,” he observed.

He vowed to mobilize the residents to stop further demonstrations so as to ensure development plans such as the Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone will thrive.

Omar added that the national government through KPA is planning to purchase new ferries to ease congestion at the Likoni Ferry crossing channel.

Courtesy ; K. N. A