Public Service CS Ruku announces plan to commercialise NYS

Public Service CS Ruku announces plan to commercialise NYS..

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Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has announced plans to commercialize the National Youth Service (NYS) to make it self-sustaining and a key player in Kenya’s industrial and economic transformation. This initiative, unveiled before the Senate, aims to align NYS operations with the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) and Vision 2030.

The commercialization is projected to generate up to Ksh.4 billion annually and reduce NYS’s Ksh.10 billion training budget by about 40 per cent.
A new commercial arm, the National Youth Service Enterprises and Services Company, will manage ventures in construction, agriculture, and manufacturing.
The process will be overseen by multiple institutions, including the Auditor-General and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, to ensure transparency and accountability.

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