Government Doubles National Youth Service Intake to 20,000 a Year

President William Ruto on Friday during the NYS recruits passing out parade at the National Youth Service Paramilitary Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, directed the ministries of defense and interior and national administration to allocate at least 30 per cent of their vacancies to the national youth service (NYS) recruits.

The president said the move is aimed at ensuring that the skills acquired by the servicemen and women are put to meaningful use. Other ministries to absorb the servicemen are the ministries of environment, climate change and forestry, tourism, wildlife and heritage.

Ruto added that this will encourage and motivate many young Kenyans on their path to national service and productivity.

The president noted that the youth have the energy, talents and drive that can help in the transformation of kenya.

“We will double the NYS enrollment to 20,000 a year as a mechanism of building sufficient patriotism and according opportunities to millions of the youth,” he said.

He lauded NYS for its plan to contribute to the enhancement of Government service delivery by providing personnel to assist in digitization, automation and migration of Government services online.

He noted that the Service’s plan to escalate its participation by expanding enrollment to ICT in its programmes is an indication of commitment to establish the youth as indispensable engines of transformation.