33% of young women 'want to be politicians'

ASPIRATIONS: Women graduands at the Catholic Univer- sity during the graduation on December 5, 2014.
ASPIRATIONS: Women graduands at the Catholic Univer- sity during the graduation on December 5, 2014.

Women postgraduates aged between 26 and 30 want to venture into business, a new survey shows.

The Kenya Youth Report 2015 launched on Monday shows 33.3 per cent want to be politicians.

Despite the government rolling out initiatives to empower youth, only 52 per cent know about them.

On role models, US President Barack Obama was greatly admired by men in university.

The report commissioned by the Aga Khan University’s East African Institute was launched at the Serena Hotel.

Some 1,854 young people aged between 18-35 from rural and urban areas across the country were interviewed in the survey conducted between 2014 and 2015 in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.

Some 22 per cent of youth view Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko as a role model.

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