The five NASA principals during launch of Manifesto, June 27, 2017. [Photo: Courtesy]
The National Super Alliance (Nasa) has pledged to ensure the youth are supported by its government, when it assumes power, after the August 8, polls.
During its manifesto launch, Tuesday, Nasa elaborated ways on how this will happen, as indicated in a breakdown below.
1. Establish mechanisms for youth to access finance and technical support for farming and agribusiness enterprises
2. Establish a National Afforestation Program under the Kenya Forest Service in partnership with international environmental organisations that will employ young environmentalists on a full time basis to plant trees and nurture them to maturity.
3. Establish county-based information centres (help centre) on the economic opportunities available e.g. in agriculture and establish specialised learning centres in each county that offer evening classes on value-addition agricultural produce.
4. Task the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a specialized bureau to be created within the presidency with the task of deliberately and strategically positioning young Kenyan graduates in inter-governmental organisations.
5. Negotiate with counties to establish designated car wash areas in towns/cities and then grant loans to young persons from the Youth Enterprise Fund to buy the necessary equipped for a proper cash wash.
6. Negotiate with county governments to establish properly equipped environmental management programs for urban centres funded by loans from the Youth Enterprise Fund run by young people.
7. Remove red tape and streamline the process of registering youth businesses.
8. Fund and develop our emerging cultural, creative and performing industries (largely spearheaded by the youth) to make Kenya an African hub for theatre, cuisine, music, fashion, cultural sports, radio and television, film, video games and other forms of publishing and entertainment.9. Create and maintain full-time sports departments in all government ministries, department and agencies that will not only provide employment for sportsmen but also interest public officers in sports.
10. Employ all sports persons who achieve a pre-determined minimum level of excellence in their sport in these ministries, departments and agencies on permanent and pensionable employment.
11. Introduce a bursary scheme in public primary and secondary schools and a scholarship scheme to public universities for persons who have an aptitude for sports.
12. Re-name the Children Court to the Children and Young Persons Court and empower them to deal with all delinquent conduct so as to avoid the criminalisation of juvenile delinquency and in order to make sure young people are not condemned for the rest of their lives for their mistakes.