A viral video of a Tanzania MP schooling his fellow legislators on the need to create employment for youths has sparked a conversation on social media.
In the video, the MP criticizes his fellow legislators for failing to create employment for themselves while urging the youth straight from school to create jobs for themselves.
“Wewe mwenyewe umeshindwa kujiajiri unaomba ubunge hapa, unataka kijana mtaani ajiajiri, loosely translated to, look at you, you failed to employ yourself and had to seek employment from your electorate and you are here telling the youth to look into self-employment,” he remarked.
This Tanzanian (I think) MP needs to come speak to our leaders. Stop asking jobless youth to create employment where you've failed.
"Wewe mwenyewe umeshindwa kujiajiri unaomba ubunge hapa, unataka kijana ajiajiri". pic.twitter.com/PT9CbYrWOS
— Red (@RookieKE) July 28, 2019
Netizens have taken to social media to laud the MP for his statement arguing that Kenya’s MPs should borrow a leaf or two from their Tanzanian counterpart.
Recent poll results released by infotrak disclosed that a majority of Kenyans viewed unemployment as thebiggest issue facing the country as of June 2019.
This was a major shift from the results gathered back in December 2018, in which the high cost of living was the biggest issue for Kenyans at the time.
See Kenyans impressive reactions on Tanzanian MP’s speech;
Spot on Spot kwanza the way he has said nyinyi wenywe hamna kazi mlienda kuomba kura 🙌🙌🙌🙌
— Patience Kimani (@Peshy_E) July 28, 2019
Ouch!!! That hurt.. He should come address our useless Mpigs, who know nothing but salary increments for a job they begged from us.
— Hillary Adala (@HillaryAdala) July 28, 2019
Not all of us make good entrepreneurs. This thing of telling all our youth to employ themselves as a panacea to unemployment must end. Unemployment can only be approached and resolved wholistically. Some need capital, some need training and some need jobs!
— shadi (@shadipaul) July 28, 2019
The Tanzania national assembly is full of such MPs. Their debates are robust and people centered.
— MUMBA™ (@MtaitaMkauma) July 28, 2019
Meanwhile in Kenya, it is all about salary increases and allowances kila siku.
— Red (@RookieKE) July 28, 2019
He has nailed it.. He needs to come and talk sense to the Kenyan mpigs!
— Kkhaluhi (@BilhaKate) July 28, 2019