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    "content": "implemented by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Ministry of Regional Development. They employed over 80,000 youths. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the KKV has also been directed to enhance planting of trees. For this, over 50,000 youths were employed through the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. In addition, the Nairobi Rehabilitation and Restoration Programme has been executed under the KKV by the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, employing 20,000 youths. Finally, through the Ministry of Local Government, garbage collection, cleaning of clogged dams and slum clearing in major towns have been undertaken. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the KKV largely came to a standstill over the last few months because of lack of funds. The problems stemmed principally from the fact that the financial year 2009/2010 Budget did not make explicit budgetary provisions for the KKV activities. Indeed, there was no direct coding in the Budget in this regard. I am happy to report that these problems have now been resolved. The Treasury agreed to allocate Kshs2.3 billion for KKV and the line Ministries agreed to rationalize the programmes in their budgets to save Kshs4.3 billion for KKV. In addition, the Treasury has re-voted about Kshs800 million that was released and left unspent in the last financial year. This brings the total amount for the current financial year to Kshs7.4 billion. The Treasury has already released Kshs3.1 billion to line Ministries. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the KKV for this financial year has now begun in full steam. As you will recall, the KKV programme was initially conceived as an emergency initiative with the twin objective of alleviating the severe drought and hunger situation through gainful employment of the youth. Therefore, we began implementing the programme as soon as it was feasibility possible. As a result, we have encountered several administrative weaknesses. Members of Parliament, Councillors, elders and other local leaders were not fully involved at the community level for implementation despite the original intentions to do so. Monitoring was insufficient and there were reported cases of misuse. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not wish to minimize the importance of these weaknesses but I have accepted them as teething problems. This has been a learning process. I have directed the staff in my office and the other Ministries to take measures to correct the shortcomings and go forward. In the coming phase of the KKV, there will be full community sensitization and participation of Members of Parliament and other local leadership in the design and implementation of the KKV programmes at the local level. We will integrate the implementation arrangements for KKV and those of the Economic Stimulus Programme to ensure community level participation and maximum efficiency. In addition, there will be improved monitoring and evaluation of the programmes to guard against the alleged malpractices that have been reported during the first phase. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in going forward with KKV, we shall incorporate employment of skilled youth and the training of un-skilled youth for sustainable employment. The World Bank has already come on board with the proposed Kenya Youth Empowerment Project amounting to approximately US$50 million. The project has three components: (i) Enhancing the effectiveness of the efforts already underway within the KKV programme. (ii) Enhancing the employability of youth through training and work internships to the private sector."
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