Finally! The Youths Request for a Youth Ministry

So Yego won. Been old news for a minute there. But aside from his Qatar deal and millions he pocketed, let’s for a minute think about the Kamau, Lemashon in the village struggling to get somewhere. The bible tells us we don’t wait for miracles but work towards what we want, so how does that individual in the rural area work towards achieving their goals?

We’ll sing and cry ‘serikali saidia’, but government’s big fish daent give a rat ass about you! They have their own to deal with, but what if we have a youth ministry? A ministry that’s main purpose to exist is to serve the youth. If I can break it down, the Youth Ministry will will help the government to

1.      Audit the development of its youth,   

2.      Mend the broken link within youth.

3.      Bridge the gap between the state actors and the youths

4.      Identify significant social life events within the Kenyan youths (i.e, what leads our youths to be radicalized, what kind of behaviors university students are engaging in i.e the Garissa attack and 2 students in UON being killed etc),

5.      The supports youths needed and strengths within Kenyan youth, private logic and coping strategies, and

6.      Goals for growth in regard to as developing oneself as a youth in our motherland

So it will provide alternatives methods for dealing with challenges youth are facing. It can be incharge of researching on how youth develop in the country, and where should the government foster positive programs and improve individual youth growth.

An independent youth ministry can oversee, Uwezo funds, Youth Enterprise Development Funds and also the Procurement Services or tenders allocated to the youth in all counties and other parastatles. The ministry could be stepping in to help the government by engaging youths in conflicts resolution and involving them in the process of solving problems and finding solutions.

A good youth Audit will provide evidence-based hypotheses about the behavior of a Kenyan youth and a roadmap to restorative goals and positive growth of our youth.

Here’s what interested and invested parties had to say about this;

Christopher Mark Seid, the CMD of Youth Chair “To ensure and promote the development of youths in our country and model them into responsible and patriotic citizens.”

Evans Chege, the Director of Communication Youth Senate “To formulate policies that outlines and protect youth interest.”

Antony Kipngetich, Boment County Senators Aspirant “The interests of the youth are many and peculiar. It is practically impossible to have them addressed alongside other interests. Having a youth ministry is therefore inevitable.”

Merging youth issues under the ministry of devolution was a quick fix. There’s no certain quick fix when it comes to youth matters. The risks are high, CS Waiguru should be focusing other devolution agendas now, but instead, she has been brought to a halt due to NYS allegations hence slowing the process of development.

According to President URP Youth Congress / President Youth Senate, Gordon Keter “Jubilee Government IS requesting for the Youth Ministry”.

Regardless of the political innovations of including youths in every ministry, the risk is still high.  The manifesto of Jubilee government, youth matters was widely discussed, the fact that our leaders were also youthful made it easier for Kenyans to vote in Jubilee government. The reality is that we need to go back to the old method set up independent ministry for youth. The youth politics becomes easier as we progresses if the President focus on building a foundation of economic development of youth within the government.

Youth involvement in our country development can only get mental shift, if the youth space is built through setting up youth ministry. And in order to build hope in Kenyan youth, we need our matters be handled properly and the objectivity of facing reality is through change reality. I believe this will help the government handle security of our youth.