Nyamira nominated MCA Zipporah Osoro has called on all jobless youths in the county to join cooperative Saccos to improve their livelihoods.
Speaking on Monday during this year’s annual cooperate celebrations in Nyamira, Osoro urged area youths to join cooperatives which are good sources of income, instead of searching for white collar jobs which have become scarce in the country.
Osoro encouraged them to join youth groups and to register them with relevant authorities in-order to benefit financially and promote integration.
“I urge our children to form and join Saccos instead of fighting for office jobs, nowadays societies are good income generating initiatives where there is day to day learning of new ideas from other members,” she said.
However, the MCA cried foul over the way Sacco’s were being managed, and called for streamlining of the department in-order for the members to achieve their goals.
She added that most of the leaders mismanaged the cooperatives and this leads to their collapse and demoralizing new members who are willing to join them.
“The leadership in our societies is wanting and unless we elect responsible leaders who we can entrust with our properties and money, we will go nowhere because they will always be drawing us back instead of competing with the rest,” she added.
Nyamira County has over one hundred registered Sacco societies and only seventy eight are operational.