Govt to Deploy 1 Million NYS Officers Abroad – CS Kuria
Public Service CS Moses Kuria is eagerly anticipating the utilization of 1 million National Youth Service (NYS) personnel to occupy positions that President William Ruto has arranged overseas.
On Monday, Kuria announced that soldiers will be sent to different nations within the coming year.
Kenya has already dispatched its initial group of 40 NYS officers to the UK to take advantage of available employment opportunities there.
”We will also target to deploy at least 1 million past, current, and future NYS service men and women for already negotiated jobs abroad,” said Kuria via his social media pages.
The CS emphasized that part of NYS’s reform objectives involves focusing on providing job opportunities for young people, both within the country and abroad.
Moreover, they intend to send out service personnel to conduct various civil projects and climate change mitigation efforts in collaboration with county administrations.
Moreover, they will collaborate closely with state departments and organizations to ensure employment opportunities for young individuals associated with the NYS.
Addressing the 87th NYS recruits’ graduation ceremony in Gilgil on December 8, Kuria emphasized that the NYS played a leading role in assisting its graduates to secure employment opportunities globally.
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President Ruto mandated the National Youth Service (NYS) to double its annual recruitment from 20,000 to 40,000 to bolster youth employment rates.
“I will look for job opportunities for our youths, anywhere there are jobs. I will take them there as long as the jobs don’t involve the use of drugs,” Ruto stated.
He also directed Kenyans eyeing the jobs he secured abroad to join NYS before deployment.
“Already we are concluding negotiations with Germany, Saudi Arabia, and 8 other countries on the export of labor, and NYS will be the central organization for redeployment training so that Kenyans understand what they need to do for work as labor that is exported,” he ordered.
His intention to look for employment opportunities abroad in Kenya has caused a commotion, as the opposition disapproves, accusing him of promoting the departure of skilled individuals (brain drain).
However, Ruto insisted that his trips abroad were successful in uplifting the economy and securing jobs for Kenyans.
“Would you rather I sit in Nairobi and watch Kenya burn or go to America? Would you rather I don’t travel or go to South Korea to sort out the problems of electricity and power transmission? I can account for every shilling I have spent on my travels,” he defended himself.
Govt to Deploy 1 Million NYS Officers Abroad – CS Kuria
