Lucrative tenders fuel vicious war at scandal-hit NYS

Public Service Youth and Gender CS Sicily Kariuki speaks to National Youth Service recruits show their prowess in a silent drill during their graduation at the NYS training college in Gilgil. She said the number of youths to be recruited under the scheme will be increased to address the demand of skilled manpower in the country. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

A vicious war between old and new networks at the National Youth Service (NYS) has transformed the Thika Road-based facility into a Tower of Babel, extinguisher of careers and Jubilee’s worst nightmare.

From a tiny department in an obscure ministry in former President Kibaki’s government to a prime department in a super-ministry in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration, the leap has been exponential in bounds and shame.