Publications

HUSIKA: A Youth Action Guide on Political Participation

The youth are defined in the constitution as a collective group of persons who are between the ages 18 and 35 years. They are an integral part of the Kenyan society constituting 35.4% of the 78.3% total percentage of Kenya’s population of young people below 35 years (Youth Fact Book. IEA, 2010). The experiences – bad or good, that the Kenyan citizen undergo translates directly to the proportion of the population.

JIAMINI JIHUSISHE: Fact Sheet on Young Women in politics

Women make up the majority of the world’s population, yet they remain underrepresented in politics and in leadership positions in virtually all sectors. In every region of the world women remain poorly represented as voters, political leaders and elected officials.

DIRA YETU: Youth Priority Areas for the Medium Term Plan 2013-2017

Kenya’s population is fairly young with those 35 and below constituting 78.31% of the population. As such, the beneficiaries of Vision 2030 will mostly be this group. Consequently, their input in the process of attaining Vision 2030 is not only essential but also vital. However, this group seems largely disinterested and unaware of the content of the blueprint.

FACT SHEET ON YOUTH: Preparedness in Kenya’s Electoral Process

This survey was conducted primarily to gauge the status of youth preparedness in Kenya’s electoral process with a view of identifying major bottlenecks and provide actionable strategies and pragmatic interventions towards enhancing youth participation in political and electoral processes in the wake of forthcoming general elections.

A Youth Fact Sheet On Vision 2030.

Kenya’s long term vision as enshrined in the Vision 2030 document is to transform the country from its current status into a newly industrializing middle income country providing a high quality of life to all its citizens by the year 2030.

An Analysis Of Kenya’s Political Party Nomination Rules

The Struggle by young people to ascend to positions of leadership has been as long and drawn out as our struggle as a people to get a new constitution.Even with the advent of pluralism, young people are still finding it difficult to meaningfully participate in the political process

We Dared To Dream

We Dared to Dream captures in depth successes registered in the dreamland between 1996-2009. Youth Agenda has come a long way, with many tracing its history to the first National Youth Convention held at Limuru Conference Centre on 7th to 11th March 1997.

Status Of Young Women In Political Parties In Kenya 2012

The representation and participation of young women in political parties is crucial to the success of political parties and also to the development of young women. This study determines the status of young women in political parties, more so, their representation and participation. The introduction of multi-parties in 1991 was expected to herald a democratic and inclusive political culture.

Leadership Vetting Criteria

There is an urgent need for a leadership vetting system that will comprehensively and exhaustively sieve out “bad leaders” within the context of the new Constitution. There already exists many men and women who are providing exemplary leadership in many sectors; they share values, principles and a common vision for Kenya.

The Youth Agenda Strategic Plan 2011 -2015

The Youth Agenda is pleased to present its strategic plan for the next five years(2011-2015). It is a plan that is rich with specifics on how to optimize the opportunities currently unfolding in the country. Firstly, this plan has been designed upon successful completion of the organization’s impact assessment for the period 1996-2009. Together with a follow-up publication titled Dared to Dream, which was launched in April 2010, the impact assessment has helped the organization identify the successes, lessons learn’t and the arising demand.