President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged young people to maintain high moral standards in their service to Kenya.
The President said Kenya needs public servants, professionals, and politicians who do not entertain low standards.
“Kenya needs public servants, professionals, and politicians who have no time for mediocrity,” President Kenyatta said via capital news.
The president was speaking on Wednesday at State House, Nairobi, when he presided over the President’s Award-Kenya Gold ceremony.
The President’s Award-Kenya is a self-development program available to young people countrywide where It equips the youth with positive life skills to enable them participate in nation building and boost their patriotism.
At the ceremony, 766 youths from different schools, colleges, and universities received Gold Award certificates.
During the occasion,the head of state also launched the President’s Award-Kenya Foundation and cut a cake to mark the award scheme’s 50th birthday.