President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party has pledged to harness the creative energy of the youth through its transformation programme by providing skills and opportunities to young people to take Kenya to the next level.
In its Manifesto for the next five years, the ruling party promises to ensure there is a dedicated organisation – a Youth Development Council – working to facilitate the necessary training, skills building and mentoring to link young people with the job market.
The Youth Development Council will provide coordination of all youth related activities and facilitate the necessary training, skills building and mentoring to link young people with emerging job opportunities.
It also pledged to encourage young people into the entrepreneurial and business sectors.
“We will ensure access to sufficient and affordable credit by working with financial institutions to develop appropriate products to support them,” the manifesto says.
Speaking at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani where the manifesto was launched, President Kenyatta said his administration has placed the youth at the top of its transformational agenda.
He promised to work for “growth that leaves no one behind; modernisation that secures our future for generations to come; and a prosperity that we can all share and enjoy.”
In the pursuit to uplift the youth, Jubilee plan seeks to achieve the following in the next five years: