Messry Lung'atso

Miss BAIP AFRICA 2022 👑

Economist📈

[Messry Lung'atso @MessryL]

We had a dream...we believed and we hit the road running.
God has been faithful.
I want to thank the entire BAIP team @baipafricacontest for creating this life changing platform. Lots of gratitude to the BAIP Kenya team @baipkenya2020 for guiding me and leading me.

[TV 47 Digital @tv47digital]

👑 The crown comes with glamour… but at what cost?

Tonight on TV47 Prime, @WakioMzenge hosts a bold and thought-provoking conversation on the realities behind beauty pageants, fame, pressure and purpose.

Joining the discussion:
✨ Kevin Bellwood – Director, Miss Universe Kenya
✨ Messry Lung’atso – Miss African Essence International 2026

Catch Crown and Cost tonight at 9PM only on TV47.

@kevinbellwood @MessryL
#TV47Prime #CrownAndCost #TV47 #BeautyPageants #MissUniverseKenya #WakioMzenge #TV47Kenya

[TV 47 Digital @tv47digital]

"The cost has been to be very disciplined and that is not something I used to have. I had to know what I want and be very specific." Messry Lung'atso, Miss Earth Air Kenya on what it took for her to achieve her modelling career.

@WakioMzenge @kevinbellwood @MessryL #TV47WeekendEdition

[Gillianfaith Adisa @GillianfaithA]

Kenya faces a deep youth unemployment crisis, with about 67% of young people jobless despite official figures suggesting otherwise. #YouthsInPolicy

[Messry Lung'atso @MessryL]

@AminaBarasa1 @GillianfaithA @IEAKenya And while they do contribute to youth employment to some degree, they however can not absorb millions of unemployed youth entering the labour market every year. @IEAKenya

#YouthsInPolicy

[Messry Lung'atso @MessryL]

@okoth9820 @GillianfaithA @IEAKenya Digital jobs are actually very limiting to many youth across the country. How many youth have access to internet and proper gadgets? So many rural and marginalized youth are excluded! Hence Ajira centres are uneven across the country! @IEAKenya

#YouthsInPolicy

[Kennedy Odhiambo @jkoonyango]

@MessryL @GillianfaithA @okoth9820 @IEAKenya @Shallin2255712 Add sports and creative industries.

[Messry Lung'atso @MessryL]

@jkoonyango @GillianfaithA @okoth9820 @IEAKenya @Shallin2255712 This is true, proper research and investment should be allocated to this sectors as they have alot of potential to Employed a considerable number of Kenyan youth. @IEAKenya

#YouthsInPolicy

[Messry Lung'atso @MessryL]

@AminaBarasa1 @Shallin2255712 @GillianfaithA @IEAKenya The stated target is 230,000 houses with the claim that it will employ 600,000 Kenyan youth and upto 1,000,000 by 2026.But the project is still far from this level of delivery. @IEAKenya

#YouthsInPolicy

[Stephen Jairo @stevejairo]

And have these looking outwards for jobs worked? Or are Kenyans being taken for granted?

[Messry Lung'atso @MessryL]

@stevejairo The president indicated that 430,000 Kenyans work abroad. While these population offers valuable remittance flows, exporting labour is not a core solution to youth unemployment in Kenya. @IEAKenya

#YouthInPolicy

[Messry Lung'atso @MessryL]

@okoth9820 @GillianfaithA @IEAKenya This is the way to go! Kenya's Economic future Depends on decisive and Coordinated action!

#YouthsInPolicy

[Messry Lung'atso @MessryL]

@Shallin2255712 @GillianfaithA @IEAKenya This is disputable as its just a projected solution and not the real situation. Actually housing is a private good, government should play a regulatory &enabling role. This may cause further unemployment in the longrun.
@IEAKenya
@okoth9820
@Shallin2255712
#YouthsInPolicy

[Gillianfaith Adisa @GillianfaithA]

@okoth9820 The key question, therefore, is how and when Kenya will adopt effective measures that can deliver a sustained and meaningful reduction in youth unemployment?
#YouthInPolicy
@IEAKenya

[Gillianfaith Adisa @GillianfaithA]

@MessryL @IEAKenya Ooh
We dispute the 5% unemployment rate by the government and face the reality that 67% of Youths aged 15-35 Years are unemployed.

#YouthInPolicy
@IEAKenya