Empowering Kenya’s Youth to Engage, Lead and Shape the Future

KYTI's mission is to create an active social and economic platform that facilitates interaction and the exchange of ideas, resources, knowledge and skills, together with the possible development of effective networks among young people.

KYTI's documented focus areas are civic education, peace building, capacity building, empowerment, and political and civic engagements.

KYTI uses a Town Hall approach that begins at Ward level. The approach can then be replicated at Sub County or Constituency level and finally at County level. Issues that emerge through these engagements are fine tuned and an implementation matrix is put in place.

The programme identifies and engages young people and existing structures within communities, including youth groups, community based organizations, sports clubs, boda boda bases and individual young people. The documented target population is 100 young people between the ages of 18 and 35 per Ward.

During the documented Homa Bay County engagement, young people discussed issues including youth unemployment, lack of productive engagement, harsh economic conditions, accountability, corruption and mismanagement, inadequate youth representation, taxation, cost of living and the cost of government services such as national identification documents.

A documented KYTI youth engagement programme was held on July 28, 2024 at Grenville Oyugis in Homa Bay County. The engagement involved participants from Kakelo, Kamroth and Kokwanyo Wards in Kabondo Kasipul Constituency.