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NYS was once a globally admired and model youth engagement programme

President Jomo Kenyatta receiving NYS emblem gift in Mtongwe Mombasa SEPT 1969

As inevitably as a moth helplessly gravitates towards light, the National Youth Service (NYS) has always attracted politicians and controversy from the day of its inception.

The paramilitary unit which has been transformed into a cash cow by well-connected entrepreneurs and conniving technocrats has always been irresistible to politicians.

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