THE NATIONAL

YOUTH SERVICE

THE 5-POINT VISION

SUMMARY OF VISION

One of the 7-Pledges of the Jubilee Government is to

Create:

Transformative Youth Empowerment

The Vision of the New NYS should be to

Catalyze Transformative Youth Empowerment in

Kenya

SUMMARY OF THE 5-POINT VISION

NYS to recruit 21,870 youths per year

Through National Service, the 21,870 servicemen and women will disciple 227,

670 youths per year.

The 227,670 youths will serve the nation for between 4 to 6 months as paid labour

under the supervision of the 21,870. After service, the 227,670 will be organised

using 4 principles of Social Movements.

Regimentation

Rituals of bonding ( Esprit de corps)

Livelihoods

Identity and Significance (opposite of grievance for vigilante groups)

227,670

HUDUMA YOUTH

21,870

NYS

ENLISTED SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN

SUMMARY OF THE 5-POINT VISION

Regimentation

Through NYS Work Camps, the 227,670 youth to be regimented into

15,178 squads of 15 youths per squad. A total of 323 squads of youths per

county.

Rituals of Bonding.

At NYS Work Camp, the 227,670 will make a mandatory saving of Kshs

100 per day deposited in a squad account. This ritual of daily savings will

bank Kshs 111,000 into the squad account after an average of 74 days of

service. The collective account is what will Bond the squad.

SUMMARY OF THE 5-POINT VISION

Livelihoods.

The squad account with Kshs 111,000 can attract a co-operative or UWEZO loan of

3 times the amount or a matching grant from the Ministry. This is enough to buy two

brand new motorcycles for the squad of 15.

Identity and Significance

Link the youth squads of 15 to the Nyumba Kumi initiative, UWEZO and KYEDF.

Borrow from the Mugudugudu model in Rwanda or the Kebele model in Ethiopia to

involve the youth in Manyumba Kumi. This will be a significance score!

Leadership of the 227,670 will be in squads, this will be left to the youth, NYS will

catalyse only.

THE 5 PILLARS OF VISION

To realize the vision of catalysing transformative

youth empowerment, NYS should be re-structured

using a 5-pillar framework. These pillars are split

into two:

Programme Restructuring Pillars

Institutional Restructuring Pillars

1.0 PROGRAMME RESTRUCTURING PILLARS

The 4 Programme Pillars

1. Paramilitary training and service regimentation

2. National service and youth re-socialization

3. Social transformation and vocational training

4. Enterprise and youth economy

1.1 PARAMILITARY TRAINING

AND SERVICE REGIMENTATION

1.1.1. Paramilitary and Service Regimentation

Recruitment

NYS will recruit and train 21,870 youth every year. To

recruit 10,935 twice a year.

Start date for each cohort to be in July and January.

Graduation to happen in November and May of each

year.

Every 6 months a Huduma Corps of 10,935 will be

graduated

4,311

15,246

26,181

37,116

48,051

54,675

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10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

JULY 2014 DECEMBER 2014 JULY 2015 DECEMBER 2015 JULY 2016 DECEMBER 2016

PROJECTED THROUGHPUT FOR 2 YEARS OF NATIONAL SERVICE

1.2. NATIONAL SERVICE AND

YOUTH RE-SOCIALIZATION

1.2 National Service and Youth Re-

Socialization

National Service to be organized

into 9 units

1. Integrated Dam Construction Units 2,250

SM/W

2. Integrated Road Construction Units 6,345

SM/W

3. Vector Control Unit 3,645 SM/W

4. Slums Civil Works and Public Environment

1,215 SM/W

5. Huduma Kitchens Unit 840 SM/W

6. Traffic Control Unit 1,215 SM/W

7. Public Security Unit 1,280 SM/W

8. Agriculture- 6,075 SM/W

VECTOR CONTROL 3,645 16%

TRAFFIC CONTROL 1,215

5%

DAM CONSTRUCTON 2,250 10%

ROADS CONSTRUCTION 6,815 29%

AGRICULTURE 6,075 26%

SLUMS CIVIL WORKS 1,215

5%

HUDUMA KITCHENS 840 4%

PUBLIC SECURITY 1,280

5%

DEPLOYMENT OF NYS PERSONNEL TO NATIONAL SERVICE

1.2.11. Extent of Youth Reach

From National Service, each cohort of 21,870 service men will reach

227,670 youths per half year broken as follows:

Dam Construction Unit 48,600 youths

Road Construction Unit 38,670 youths

Vector Control Unit 21,870 youths

Slum Civil Works Unit 12,150 youths

Huduma Kitchens 43,680 youths

Service Constabulary 14,100 youths

Agri-Business- 48,600 youths

VECTOR CONTROL 21,870

10%

DAM CONSTRUCTON 48,600

22%

ROADS CONSTRUCTION 38,670

17%

AGRICULTURE 48,600

21% SLUMS CIVIL WORKS 12,150

5%

HUDUMA KITCHENS 43,680

19%

SERVICE CONSTABULARY 14,100

6%

NYS ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS

1.3. SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

1.3.0. Social Transformation and Vocational Training

Curriculum to have 2 components

Component 1: Social transformation training - Inculcation of civic

competence

In Basic Training

At National Service reaching out to 227,670 youth annually

In Vocational Training

In Training of Trainers

Component 2: Technical training Impartation of specialized skills

1.3.1. Vocational Training

This to be rolled out in 7 schools

School of Engineering (Plumbing, Mechanical etc.)

School of Agribusiness

School of Construction (Plant mechanics and operators, masonry etc.)

School of Hospitality (Catering, Housekeeping etc.)

School of Fashion (Tailoring, Dressmaking etc.)

School of Enterprise and Technology (IT, Business enterprise etc.)

School of Public Duty (VIP drivers, personal assistants, security guards)

1.3.2 Forward linkages to youth polytechnics

For uptake of part of the 21,870 servicemen

To maximise on the use of the village polytechnics

To percolate the message of social transformation to

the villages

To create bridging courses to universities and other

institutions

1.4 ENTERPRISE AND YOUTH

ECONOMY

1.4 Enterprise and Youth Economy

This has 5 components

SEPU/SACCOs

Integrated Construction Company

Youth Labour Export

Commercialization of NYS training institutes

1.4.1 Self Employment Promotion Unit (SEPU)/ SACCOs

2.4.2.1 SEPU:

Establish a revolving fund to provide startup capital to NYS

graduates

NYS graduates will be encouraged to organise themselves in

squads (15), and will benefit from the funds as squads.

The purpose of the squad is to provide social collateral

1.4.2 Integrated Construction Company

Modeled along the Tanzania Model

Multi-disciplinary company integrating masons, carpenters, plumbers,

electricians and civil engineers.

Graduates from school of construction and members of youth

construction guilds are absorbed here

Retraining and certification of skilled construction labour

To undertake private and public construction contracts Completion of NYS Gilgil Phase II

County civil works

Private contracts for housing, roads etc.

1.4.3 Youth Labour Export

Labour retraining and re-orientation programme

for NYS certification (Cleared at NYS)

Refereed labour export bureau for middle level

blue collar skills

Building forward linkages with private sector

abroad through Kenyas economic and commercial

attachs

Youth Labour Export

In 2016, (the year when the first cohort of 21,870

graduate) NYS will nominate 1,000 servicemen and

women for youth export labour, with potential for

more.

Plumbers- 250

Drivers- 250

Technicians- 250

Electricians- 250

1.4.4 Commercialization of NYS training institutes

Create a module II training programme for

percolation of social transformation training to non-

NYS recruits

Our intention is to double the capacity of trainees

from 6,000 to 12,000

Create production units in the training centers. Create

a revolving fund for expansion and maintenance

Ministry of Devolution and Planning

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Telephone: 25299

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