POLITICAL leaders in Kwale have asked firms operating in the county to employ local youth. They said unemployment among the youth is to blame for the high crime rate in the county.
Kikoneni Pongwe ward representative Nassoro Mgutta said emergence of groups like the Mombasa Republican Council is due to unemployment. "We cannot sort out insercutity if the youth are denied jobs by local companies," he said.
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