Kenya Youth Development Policy 2019.

The Kenya Youth Development Policy (KYDP) 2019 has the goal to promote the holistic empowerment and participation of the youth in socio-economic and political spheres for national development. The Policy objectives are (i) Realize a healthy and productive youth population; (ii) Build qualified and competent youth workforce for sustained development; (iii) Create opportunities for youth to earn decent and sustainable livelihoods; (iv) Develop youth talent, creativity and innovation for wealth creation; (v) Nurture value driven, morally upright, ethical generation of patriotic youth for transformative leadership; (vi) Effective civic participation and representation among the youth; (vii) Promote a crime free, secure, peaceful and united Kenya where no young Kenyan is left behind; (viii) Support youth engagement in environmental management for sustainable development; (ix) Promote and develop of entrepreneurial culture among the youth through access to subsidized loans, training, mentorship, internships, attachments, business incubation and partnerships and, (x) Support the development of a wide range of ICT-based programmes in local languages, as appropriate, with content relevant to different groups of youth.
The Policy sets as well a list of values that shall inform aspect of policy programming and drive Policy implementation, follow: Patriotism, Respect of diversity and ethical values, Equity and accessibility, Inclusiveness, Good governance, Accountability, Self-reliance, Honesty and integrity.
For rural poverty reduction main possible actions are aimed at transforming agriculture and agri-business to make it attractive to the youth including women, being agriculture a key livelihood pillar for most of the youth. The Plan also Support youth’s access and ownership of land for agri-business.
To enable more inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems, the Policy promotes the holistic empowerment, participation and representation of youth, including women, in the decision making of the socio-economic and political spheres for national development. In particular the Policy focuses on participation of the youth in climate smart agriculture as a viable career opportunity for the youth and as an economic and business option. The Policy also aims at building capacity of youth on green processes and technology, waste management and general environmental conservation and management; this will also involve building their capacity to take advantage of the blue economy as a way of livelihood as they conserve the environment;
To increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters, main actions are directed to promote climate change adaptation. Enhancing capacity building for the youth on disaster management to participate in awareness creation, prevention, management and recovery. The government will put in place measures to sensitize youth on potential disasters due to poor or lack of proper environmental management. With this kind of awareness, the youth will be better informed to take cautionary and preventive measures to avert environmental degradation.