A total of 26,499 youth in Nairobi County will be recruited to work under the National Climate Work Programme, an initiative by the National government that is geared towards creating jobs and promoting climate resilience through public works.
Nairobi County Commissioner David Wanyonyi said that the youth will be engaged in activities along the road network where they will undertake the unclogging of the drainage systems, sweeping, bush clearing, grass cutting, among other activities.
Speaking in his office during a Climate Worx steering committee meeting, Wanyoyi said that since October 2024, Nairobi has had a total of 21,943 youth working along the rivers where they are engaged in cleaning the Nairobi, Mathare and Ngong rivers while clearing the bush and establishing tree nurseries along the rivers. "Initially the youth were working along the river but the President has seen it wise to expand the programme to include our roads and that has opened the extra job opportunities for the youth," said Wanyonyi.
The County Commissioner explained that in Nairobi, the number of youth working under the Climate Work programme will now be 48,392 and they will be supervised by 1,614 supervisors from the National Youth Service (NYS), bringing the total number of youths employed in Nairobi to 50,006.
