Youths in Nakuru County have been advised to come out in large numbers and give their views on what they expect to be included in the county’s youth bill.
In a meeting held at a Nakuru hotel organised by Mercy Corps, an international non-governmental organisation dealing with policy issues in partnership with the Nakuru county and the Nakuru County Youth Bunge forum on Wednesday, it was agreed that a vigorous campaign will be launched targeting all youths including those in the most remote parts of the county so that nobody feels left out in the whole process.
“The youth agenda is a very critical phase that must consider the views of everybody because after adoption and implementation into law, we will be the ones to blame for doing a shoddy job and it will affect many generations to come,” noted Prof Catherine Kitetu, CeC for Public Service Management in Nakuru County.
She called on youths not to be skeptical when sharing their views and highlight all the core areas that they feel have affected them over the years so as to have an all-inclusive policy that will not raise other loopholes once signed into law.
According to the administrator, this was a chance of a life time that ought to be treated with the seriousness it deserves because policies are meant to serve future generations and any mistake will bring forth a doomed and misled generation.
“This policy, once it becomes workable will create a good working environment between the youth and the County government which in turn will boost trust and nurture effective service delivery,” she added.
The week-long exercise will ensure that all views collected are reviewed before being drafted in a hand out that will be debates in the Nakuru County Assembly before being signed into law.