Kilifi unveils first youth assembly, woman picked as president
A 24-year-old woman has been sworn in as the first youth assembly president in Kilifi county in a colourful ceremony held at the Malindi Cleopatra grounds. Jacinta Mbeyu Sanga, a fourth-year law student at Kabarak University, was sworn in alongside deputy president Dennis Kazungu, together with 10 cabinet secretaries in an exercise presided over by Malindi chief magistrate Dr Julie Oseko. Kilifi speaker Jimmy Kahindi who was the chief guest at the ceremony later oversaw the swearing-in of 35 members of the assembly from every ward. The youth assembly is unique as its mode of operation is the parliamentary system and seeks to help in the formulation of policies at the grassroots level and also nurture youth in leadership from an early age to tap various leadership talents within the society. Mbeyu took the oath of office and shall serve for three years. There was pomp and colour as all the leaders who were sworn in came accompanied by their families and were formally dressed...