Meet Mr. Willice Onyango; Executive Director here at The Youth Cafe; a multi-award-winning Pan-African youth organization. He is a seasoned leader for this generation who is leading young and redefining the story of Africa's young people by casting his lot with not only trusting the youth to lead; but also involving them from design, to implementation and follow-up of the youth-led initiatives here at the Youth Cafe.
In this episode discuss whether the constitution is being used to its full capacity, the provisions of the constitution for special interest groups such as the youth; who are included, people with disabilities, children, women, the aged, the marginalized groups, minorities, the enactment process this far and youth inclusion, engagement, and participation in democracy and governance.
On August 4, 2010, Kenyans went to a referendum jubilant to vote and adopt a new Constitution which was later promulgated on August 27th, 2010. This marked a new dawn for Kenyans that promised an establishment of rules, values, and principles that upon implementation would meet their greatest desire of equality and inclusive citizenship.
The constitution equally provided a broad framework and a launchpad for youth participation, engagement, and representation. Ten years later we get to reflect on a decade of achievements and challenges on the implementation of the 2010 constitution since its launch.
The Youth Cafe podcast had a chat with an eloquence of lawyers on the implementation process, rights, and other provisions for the youth within the constitution, the broad framework, and launchpad for youth participation and representation, and how the youth can remain vigilant during the implementation process to ensure that they are included/engaged in all aspects of society in the manner envisioned by the constitution.
Join us today as William Ochieng and Karen Koech who are research assistants at the University of Nairobi, School of Law together with Paul Jeff a researcher of democracy and governance share on the milestones made, the achievements and barriers on the implementation process, the constitutional rights/other provisions of the youth and the impacts of the process towards actualization.
