REPUBLIC OF KENYA THE PRESIDENCY MINISTRY OF DEVOLUTION AND PLANNING PRESS STATEMENT DURING THE HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION VISIT FROM THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA TO LEARN FROM THE KENYA ON THE KENYA NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE AND THE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT MODEL ISSUED ON 16™ FEBRUARY, 2015 A high-level government delegation from the Republic of Ghana are in Kenya to share expériences around the Kenya National Youth Service Youth Empowerment Model. The delegation led by Hon. Julius Debrah, Minister of Public Service Local Government and Rural Development is in the country Kenya for five days from the 16" of February, 2015. Hon. Debrah is accompanied by the Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education; the Ag. Executive Director National Service Scheme; the Ag. National Coordinator, Youth Enterprise Support Secretariat; and an official from the Office of the President. This visit follows the State visit of His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama in December 2014. The aim of the visit is for Ghana to learn about how Kenya has restructured the National Youth Service and the model we are using for Youth empowerment. This is in the spirit of South-South Technical Cooperation, that is aimed at sharing best-fit solutions to the common challenges that we face as African countries. The visit will focus on; i. The New National Youth Service 5-Point Vision; The Catalytic Role of the National Youth Service in National Development; The 4 Principles of the Vision; The Programme Pillars; a. Paramilitary Training and Service Regimentation; b. National service and youth re-socialization; . Social Transformation and Vocational Training; d. Enterprise and Youth Economy. Page | 1v. _ Institutional and Leadership Structure. The visit by the Ghana delegation reflects positively on the growing confidence of ‘African Countries’ in Kenya's public service and transformational agenda. South- South Cooperation is at the heart of our foreign policy and it is therefore a great privilege for us as a country to have an opportunity to share our best practise and also learn from others. Africa is rising, and it is only if we support each other as a continent that we can rise together as a continent. I hope the Kenyan Public Service is inspired and motivated by this positive attention, your hard work and innovation is what is making Kenya get noticed globally. I urge you to work even harder to drive the Government's transformation agenda forward, for our national and continental prosperity. ANNE WAIGURU, OGW CABINET SECRETARY Page |2