Michael Mwangi Muchira

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 71 to 80 of 95.

• 16 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs the following Questions: (a) What programmes and plans are being put in place by the Ministry, if any, to ensure youth access employment? (b) What measures are in place to ensure succession planning in all Government Ministries and agencies? Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, aware that the National Youth Service (NYS) is a Government Department established by an Act of Parliament (Cap 208 Laws of Kenya) whose vision is to catalyse transformative youth empowerment in Kenya; further aware that the twin purposes of NYS are to create a pool of technical, disciplined and organised human resource to undertake national development programmes and to alleviate youth unemployment in both formal and informal sectors by providing skills necessary for employment while promoting national cohesion; further appreciating that, NYS currently targets to recruit over twenty ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, first of all, I would like to state that when NYS was introduced in Kenya, it was a good idea and still remains one. The main purpose was to target the youths who normally do not qualify to go to the university and those who are poor and are unable to proceed to university and college level, so that they are trained. Therefore, the idea or initiative of NYS still remains relevant up to date. Because of the ongoing financial impropriety that is happening in NYS, some members of the public and Members started saying that ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The training that normally happens in NYS is quite rigorous and intensive. The youths are given paramilitary training, among other trainings, for six months. Paramilitary training often The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: mirrors similar training that happens in the disciplined forces like Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), Kenya Police Service, Kenya Prisons Service, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and all other disciplined forces. The only difference is that the youths are not trained in shooting and use of guns. Otherwise, the paramilitary training that happens in NYS is similar to the one that happens in disciplined forces. After training those youths in paramilitary skills, we release them to the public and they become jobless and frustrated. Out of this, they become a soft target for terrorists and criminal gangs because of the fact that ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: After training our youths, they are left desperate looking for jobs. Some try their luck in security firms to be security guards and some are still loitering around. If we do not check this as Parliament, we will have a time bomb in terms of security threats because the youths will be recruited by criminal gangs and terrorists. Therefore, this House needs to urge all the disciplined forces to prioritise those youths in recruitments because training happens every year. We should absorb them into our disciplined forces, so that their training energy is utilised. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Recruitment involves cost. As units of the disciplined forces go around the country recruiting in every sub-county, it normally involves money. The Kenya Defence Forces, National Police Service, Kenya Prisons Service and Kenya Wildlife Service do their own recruitment. If we were to absorb the majority of NYS graduates, who are about 20,000, into our disciplined forces, the cost of recruitment for our disciplined forces would reduce significantly. We would save on costs. National Youth Service recruitment is normally competitive. It is done in all sub- counties. It considers gender and all ethnic communities. The youth undergo medical check-ups. The ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Training also involves costs. National Youth Service recruits undergo training for six months. The NPS train their recruits for over six months. The KDF does the same training. It is the same training that is done at the NYS. Therefore, if we were to recruit from the NYS, it would mean that the training period will shorten and the training cost will come down. That will be another advantage of recruiting from NYS. I am not saying that we entirely recruit from NYS. We should give priority to NYS. If a disciplined service still needs more personnel, it can recruit ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I understand that there is a presidential directive to the effect that the disciplined forces should consider absorbing NYS recruits first, before recruiting from the public. Unfortunately, from statistics, the directive is barely followed. During the last recruitment that was done by the disciplined forces, less than 10 per cent of NYS servicemen and servicewomen were absorbed. This means out of the 26,000 NYS servicemen and servicewomen, less than 2,000 were absorbed into the disciplined forces. It means that 24,000 were left out. I do not know why the disciplined forces find it difficult to follow the presidential directive. That ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: A while ago, before joining university, every student was required to undergo training at NYS. Anyone who has undergone the training can confess that it was important. It instilled disciplined and endurance amongst recruits. It is an important training. We should even consider making it compulsory for those joining the disciplined services. view