The Kiambu County government has announced plans to establish youth centres in every sub-county, where youth can access information about the government and its programmes.
According to the County Youth Affairs executive Michael Waikenda, the youth centres will provide timely information to youth and residents on programmes and activities the government is seeking to initiate.
Speaking to journalists at the Kiambu headquarters offices after a meeting with other officials on Monday, Waikenda said the government aims at ensuring that youth and residents at large have access to information regarding government activities.
He said the centres will be established in every sub-county adding that they will provide information on job placements and internships, entrepreneurship training, civic education and governance, vocational training and youth empowerment programmes.
Waikenda said that they are seeking information from the youths on the kind of services they want the centres to provide.
“We are developing a survey that will help us get information from the youth on the kind of services they want the centres to provide,” he said.
Waikenda said the county government is committed to empower young people and other marginalised groups.
The Youth Affairs CeC said several empowering programmes for marginalised groups are ongoing across the county.
He urged marginalised groups to utilise the opportunities being provided by the national and the county government.