The Nairobi County have developed the draft of the Nairobi County Youth Policy using the valuable feedback we got from the Youth Engagement Forum held on July 23rd, 2021. The Nairobi City County is holding a Stakeholders Consultative Meeting Program to discuss the Youth Policy formulation process. As a supporting partner, The Youth Café is attending the consultation.

The Nairobi County Youth Policy seeks to provide an opportunity for improving the quality of life for youth in Nairobi through their participation in economic and democratic processes as well as in community and civic affairs. It also advocates creation of a supportive social, cultural, economic, and political environment that will empower the youth to be partners in county development. In summary the Policy provides a detailed account of various aspects of engagement, empowerment, and active participants of development in Nairobi City County.

The core focus of the Policy has been crystallized by articulation of its Goal, Vision, Objective, and Values. The policy goal is to promote the holistic empowerment and participation of the youth in socioeconomic and political spheres for County.

The vision is to build a society where all youth have an equal opportunity as other citizens to realize their fullest potential meaningful, productively participating in economic, social, and political developments with the main objective being changed to mainstream youth issues in all sectors of County development for Sustainable Development.

The main objective is to mainstream youth issues in all sectors of county development, on both the micro and macro levels, within the public, private sectors, families, and civil society. All are encouraged by the Policy to take affirmative action for the youth as a strategy of participation and empowerment. The values given emphasis in the policy are patriotism, respect of cultural belief systems, equity and accessibility, gender inclusiveness, good governance, mainstreaming youth issues, volunteerism, and transparency.