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 engaged them for political expediency.
Hassan, who has been launching a series of empowerment projects, announced plans to allocate Sh2 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 that whereas the national government has drawn various grassroots development agendas, there is a need for local elected leaders to complement them through meaningful development agendas in Mombasa County.
Meanwhile, Hassan scoffs at the recent street demonstration in Mombasa, which he argues is aimed at derailing the revival of port and maritime businesses.
He said the objective of the organisers of the demonstration is to kill economic revival in the country.
“These demonstrations have nothing to do with the interests of common people. We prevail upon Mombasa leaders to stop killing our county’s economy, which is recovering,” he observed.
He vowed to mobilise 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.
By Sadik Hassan
