Nairobi Senator Johnston Sakaja has cautioned youths against seeking employment at the city council.
Sakaja on Saturday said city council employees take long to receive pay, a development he said is demoralizing.
He made the remarks while addressing youths in Kitale town on Saturday.
"I understand the youth have many problems, but that should not push you into accepting anything that comes your way," he said.
"The City Council does not pay people and I want to discourage you from seeking employment there."
He said many youths prefer migrating to town because they fear to engage in the agriculture industry which he said actually has profitable returns.
"Working in town is not bad when you have a job, but sometimes when things toughen, return home and till land if you have one. I can assure you that you will never go hungry," he added.
Sakaja said his administration will do all at its disposal to create jobs for youth who he said the country depends on in future to develop.
A United Nations Development Programme report released in July 2017 said 39.1 percent of Kenya's youth who have graduated from college are unemployed and majority of them prefer working in town.