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.
Source: Kenya News Agency
