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"content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, aware that the National Youth Council (NYC) was established by the National Youth Council Act 2009; further aware that the Council was gazetted in November 2012; concerned that the Treasury is yet to release the required funds to establish the council secretariat as provided by Section 10 of the Act; noting that the Council is unable to perform its functions as stated in Section 4 of the Act due to lack of funds, thus disadvantaging the youth of this country, this House urges the Government to immediately allocate and release funds to the Council for it to discharge its mandate. The NYC is a statutory organ established pursuant to the Kenya National Youth Council, No.10 of 2009, to act as an advisory body, research and policy institution on youth affairs in the country. The Council, a corporate body, is primarily designed to be the official voice and negotiator for the youth of Kenya. The Council is tasked, among other things, to regulate and co-ordinate activities and initiatives relating to the youth, and being undertaken by youth groups, youth focus community based organizations, NGOs, civil society movements and other organizations. The idea of coming up with the NYC first came to be about two decades ago. The vibrant youth movements were inspired by the then active civil society seeking mainstreaming of youth in matters Government, and a general desire for youth participation and empowerment. There were several initiatives to convince the Government at different times to establish a National Youth Council (NYC), starting with the national youth conference in Limuru in March, 1997. That is NYC I, and then NYC II, again in Limuru in 1998 and later NYC III at KICC in Nairobi and finally NYC IV meeting in September, 2008 at the Bomas of Kenya. Hon. Speaker, Sir, the NYC Bill first made its way to Parliament in 2004 but it was not until 2008, after the 2007/2008 Post Election Violence (PEV) that the Bill was given priority through the National Accord that created the Coalition Government. Agenda Four of the National Accord and Reconciliation Agreement, solving youth issues is one of the long-term solutions there. One of the specific recommendations was developing and enacting the National Youth Council Bill to stem youth availability engagement in PEV in future amongst other benefits. Fortunately, within a year the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports sponsored the NYC Bill in Parliament and on 30th December, 2009 the former President, hon. Mwai Kibaki, assented it into law. Hon. Speaker, after the President assented to the Bill, problems for the NYC started. The Government through the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports at the time, lead by hon. Paul Otuoma tried to operationalise the NYC by carrying out NYC grassroots elections in May 2011. However, the exercise was marred by a lot of controversy and High Court petitions and the exercise was stopped and then it resumed again from November to December in 2012. Over 1000 NYC delegates from over 275---"
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