NYS Sh8.1b good for skills development, CS Henry Rotich says

NAIROBI, KENYA: The National Youth Service is set to become a key skilled personnel development institution following the allocation of Sh8.1 billion in the 2014/15 national budget unveiled on Thursday.

NYS, which has in the past eight weeks been a subject of controversy after the replacement of Jasper Kiplimo Rugut with Dr Nelson Githinji as director, will from the next fiscal year recruit 21,870 youth for specialised training in agriculture, security, engineering, accounting and masonry, among others.