Opinion: Governor Kihika, If You Won’t Use Nakuru’s Podcast Studio you launched, Who Will?
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More than a year ago, Governor Susan Kihika launched a Youth Empowerment Center at the Bondeni Social Hall in Nakuru East, complete with a Textile Hub, an Ajiry Digital Hub, and a top-tier podcasting and recording studio.
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It was sold to the public as a symbol of her administration’s commitment to digital innovation, youth empowerment, and homegrown talent.
Fast forward to now, and the Governor is finally stepping into the podcasting scene, but not in Nakuru.
Instead, she’s chosen to tell her story, clear the air about her prolonged maternity leave, and reintroduce herself to the public on Kogi’s Corner, a Nairobi-based platform.
Not the very studio her government funded, launched with pomp, and marketed as a space for Nakuru’s creative youth.
This move speaks volumes.
So what message does this send to the youth of Nakuru? That their platforms are only for decoration?
That leadership can preach empowerment, but practice elitism? That Nairobi validation matters more than local investment?
Governor Kihika had the perfect opportunity to show belief in Nakuru talent by sitting down in the Bondeni studio and using it not just as a tool of youth empowerment, but of leadership accountability. She didn’t.
If the Governor herself won’t use Nakuru’s podcast studio, why should the youth?
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