A section of Ruaka town youths have expressed disappointment over the move by embattled Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru to resign.
The youths say that their chances of being part of the transformed National Youth Service (NYS) and taking part in government activities are doomed.
Speaking on Saturday, the youths termed Waiguru’s resignation as a setback to the future of the youths in the country.
Boniface Wainaina, a youth in Ruaka said that Waiguru had committed to lift the lives of youths across the country. Wainaina said that the CS had a great vision for the youths and that the vision might be realised following her resignation.
“We are disappointed that CS Waiguru had to resign, now our future as young people is not certain,” he said.
Beatrice Ayuma, a student at a local university in Ruaka said that Waiguru’s resigning will have an effect on the government.
Ayuma described Waiguru as a government official who had the interests of the young people at heart.
“Many youths who had been employed under various NYS projects are likely to lose out following Waiguru’s exit at the Devolution ministry,” she said.
Waiguru on Saturday tendered her resignation asking President Uhuru Kenyatta to allow her resign.
The CS who addressed a press at her office in Nairobi and later issued a statement to the media said that she had been advised by her doctor to take time off citing her health as the reason for resigning.
“I have been advised by my doctor to take time off because of my health and have also asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to relieve me of my duties,” she said in the statement.
Waiguru said that the fight against corruption at the devolution ministry had been turned against and her family.
She said her resignation will allow the investigation teams to probe and also clear her name from the corruption allegations. The embattled CS had been under ceasefire after allegations of massive corruption was revealed at her ministry.
Last week the Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko had ordered immediate prosecution of Devolution Principal Secretary Peter Mangiti and NYS Director General Nelson Githinji over the alleged loss of Sh791 Million at the NYS.
The two plus other 26 officials of NYS have already been charged in court.
The calls for Waiguru resignation had become intense with a section of politicians from the opposition and the Jubilee coalition backing her resignation or removal over the lost money.