Mars Group Kenya RSS Feed http://www.marsgroupkenya.org - Watching Out for You en-US Mars Group Kenya RSS Feed http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/rss/Logo.png http://www.marsgroupkenya.org 100 72 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:35:36 +0000 MANN-4-MGK KACC Fourth Quarterly Report 2009 http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2010/01/KACC_fourthquarterlyreport09.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2010/01/KACC_fourthquarterlyreport09.pdf#6838 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:58:14 +0300 Youth Statement on the ongoing constitutional reforms http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/11/NYF_Press_Release_FINAL.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/11/NYF_Press_Release_FINAL.pdf#6817 ongoing debate on constitutional reforms. In particular, we realize that the country’s political
leadership has started taking preemptive hardline stands on the new constitution draft that is
going to be unveiled later this week by the Committee of Experts on constitution review...]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:58:34 +0300 Youth Statement on the ongoing constitutional reforms http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/11/NYF_Press_Release_FINAL.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/11/NYF_Press_Release_FINAL.pdf#6802 ongoing debate on constitutional reforms. In particular, we realize that the country’s political
leadership has started taking preemptive hardline stands on the new constitution draft that is
going to be unveiled later this week by the Committee of Experts on constitution review...]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:38:53 +0300 ITIBO YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING REPORT http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/11/ITIBO_YOUTH_LEADERSHIP_TRAINING_REPORT.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/11/ITIBO_YOUTH_LEADERSHIP_TRAINING_REPORT.pdf#6790 The training is as a result if experience sharing and networking realized from trainings and capacity building that has been organized by the Youth Agenda, The National Youth Convention and Kenya
Community Development Foundation...]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:57:53 +0300 Statement by Philip Alston Special Rapporteur On Extrajudicial, Summary Or Arbitrary Executions http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/StatementAlston_GA_20093.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/StatementAlston_GA_20093.pdf#6788 No State is free of human rights violations. Thus, the challenge is to ensure that the
system of accountability established by the United Nations is able to function effectively
in relation to as many States as possible...]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:19:36 +0300 Press Release UN Expert Says Impunity Is A Key Cause Of Illegal Killings http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/GA_Press_Release_20092.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/GA_Press_Release_20092.pdf#6786 “Impunity for killings is a key cause of illegal killings around the world”, said Professor Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions...]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:11:31 +0300 Youth Enterprise Development Fund Application Form English http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/Youth_Fund_Application_Form_english.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/Youth_Fund_Application_Form_english.pdf#6766 MINISTRY OF STATE FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS
YOUTH ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND
APPLICATION FORM FOR THE CONSTITUENCY YOUTH ENTERPRISE
SCHEME (CYES)
No.
1. Location of the group
District:

Constituency:
Division:

Location:

]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:32:47 +0300 NSSF Application For Benefit Form http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/NSSF_Application_For_Benefit_form.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/NSSF_Application_For_Benefit_form.pdf#6765 APPLICATION FOR BENEFIT
Item List
(i) Original membership card or application for DMC.
(ii) A clear and legible copy of identity document.
(iii) Address of payment and N...]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:30:52 +0300 THE LABOUR INSTITUTIONS ACT, 2007 http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/Labour_Institutions_Act_2007_vellum.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/Labour_Institutions_Act_2007_vellum.pdf#6763 THE LABOUR INSTITUTIONS ACT, 2007
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I — PRELIMINARY

1—Short title.
2—Commencement.
3—Interpretation.
4—Application...]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:21:00 +0300 Youth Enterprise Development Fund Application Form Kiswahili http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/Youth_Fund_Application_Form_kiswahili.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/Youth_Fund_Application_Form_kiswahili.pdf#6762 Wizara ya masuala ya vijana hazina ya ustawi wa maendeleo ya vijana

Fomu ya maombi ya mradi wa vijana wa maeneo bunge

]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:19:06 +0300 Kenya ID Card Application Form http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/Kenya_ID_Card_Application_Form.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/Kenya_ID_Card_Application_Form.pdf#6761 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:16:41 +0300 Africa Youth Charter http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/Africa_youth_charter.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/Africa_youth_charter.pdf#6760 PREAMBLE
GUIDED by the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the States Parties of the African
Union, Parties to ‘African Youth Charter;

GUIDED by the vision, hopes and aspirations of the African Union, inclusive of
Africa’s integration, the inherent dignity and inalienable rights afforded to all members
of the human family as set out in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (1948), the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (1976) and the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1976), and
articulated for the African peoples through the African Charter on Human and
People’s Rights (1986);

RECALLING the resolution of the Heads of State and government during the 1999
Algiers Summit for the development of the PanAfrican Charter,

]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:13:46 +0300 THE EMPLOYMENT ACT, 2007 http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/THE__EMPLOYMENT_ACT__2007.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/THE__EMPLOYMENT_ACT__2007.pdf#6764 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART PRELIMINARY
1 Short title and commencement.]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:29:04 +0300 Youth Fund Status Report http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/YOUTH_FUND/Youth_Fund_Status_Report_as_at_31st_March_2009.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/YOUTH_FUND/Youth_Fund_Status_Report_as_at_31st_March_2009.pdf#6742 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:20:14 +0300 Youth Fund Press Release June 26 2009 http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/YOUTH_FUND/youth_fund_press_release.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/YOUTH_FUND/youth_fund_press_release.pdf#6741 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:17:47 +0300 THE YOUTH ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND ORDER, 2007 http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/YOUTH_FUND/YOUTH_ENTERPRISE_DEVELOPMENT_FUND_ORDER_2007.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/YOUTH_FUND/YOUTH_ENTERPRISE_DEVELOPMENT_FUND_ORDER_2007.pdf#6740 2007
1 . This Order may be cited as the Youth Enterprise
Development Fund Order, 2007.
2. In this Order unless the context otherwise requires
“Board” means the Youth Enterprise Development Fund
Board established under Regulation 3;
“financial year” means the period of twelve months ending
on the 30th June in each year.]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:15:15 +0300 Management Letter on the Financial Statement Audit Of Youth Enterprise Development Fund Board http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/YOUTH_FUND/NATIONAL_AUDIT.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/YOUTH_FUND/NATIONAL_AUDIT.pdf#6739 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:13:45 +0300 KENYA ECONOMIC SURVEY 2009 HIGHLIGHTS http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/Kenya_Economic_Survey_2009_Presentation.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/Kenya_Economic_Survey_2009_Presentation.pdf#6767 KENYA ECONOMIC SURVEY 2009 HIGHLIGHTS

PRESENTED BY
Hon. Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya, EGH. MP.
Minister of State for Planning, National
Development and Vision 2030
21ST May, 2009

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:34:13 +0300 A Choice for Peace The story of 41 days of mediation in Kenya http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/A_Choice_for_Peace.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/10/A_Choice_for_Peace.pdf#6738 A Choice for Peace? The Story of FortyOne Days of Mediation in Kenya
AUGUST 2009
I N T E R N AT I O N A L P E AC E I N S T I T U T E
Elisabeth Lindenmayer and Josie Lianna Kaye
]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:39:22 +0300 Statement Of The Kenya National Youth Convention Regarding the Ongoing MV Faina Piracy Incident http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/10/STATEMENT_OF_THE_KENYA_NATIONAL_YOUTH_CONVENTION_REGARDING_THE_ONGOING_MV_FAINA_PIRACY_INCIDENT__1st_October_2008.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/10/STATEMENT_OF_THE_KENYA_NATIONAL_YOUTH_CONVENTION_REGARDING_THE_ONGOING_MV_FAINA_PIRACY_INCIDENT__1st_October_2008.pdf#317 STATEMENT OF THE KENYA NATIONAL YOUTH CONVENTION REGARDING THE
ONGOING MV FAINA PIRACY INCIDENT


Wednesday October 1st 2008, Nairobi, Kenya: The Kenya National Youth Convention
(NYC) demands answers from the Government of Kenya...]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0300 National Action Plan on Youth Employment http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/10/National_Action_Plan_on_Youth_Employment.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/10/National_Action_Plan_on_Youth_Employment.pdf#6774 Employment
Developed by:
MINISTRY OF STATE FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS
&
United Nations Development Program (UNDPKenya)]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0300 Historical Injustices Paper http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Historical_Injustices_paper.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Historical_Injustices_paper.pdf#87 HISTORICAL INJUSTICES: THE ALBATROSS AROUND KENYAN YOUTHS’ NECK

If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursed lot...]]> Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 Youth Vibe (Page 1) http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Page_1.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Page_1.pdf#89 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 How The NYC is Structured (Page 3) http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Page_3.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Page_3.pdf#91 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 Understanding the themes for Discussion (Page 45) http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Page_45_spread.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Page_45_spread.pdf#93 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 NYV IV Presents The Festival Of Hope Concert (page 6) http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Page_6.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Page_6.pdf#106 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 The Extra Ordinary Session Of The National Youth Convetion (page 8) http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Page_8.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Page_8.pdf#123 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 Speech of the PM Raila Odinga, at the opening of the 4th National Youth Convention, 19/09/2009 http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/SPEECH_BY_THE_PRIME_MINISTER_OF_KENYA_SEPTEMBER_19th_2008.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/SPEECH_BY_THE_PRIME_MINISTER_OF_KENYA_SEPTEMBER_19th_2008.pdf#126 Speech by the RT, Hon, Raila Odinga, Prime Minister, at the opening of the 4th National Youth Convention, September 19th 2009.

]]> Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 Youth, Ethnicity and Social Transformation in Kenya http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Youth,_Ethnicity_and_Social_Transformation_in_Kenya.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/Youth,_Ethnicity_and_Social_Transformation_in_Kenya.pdf#129 A Paper by Onyango Oloo Presented at the National Youth Convention IV, KICC, September 1920th, 2008, Nairobi, Kenya

The question of ethnicity and challenges of nationhood in Kenya is in itself a very loaded one...]]> Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 National Youth Policy http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/10/national_youth_policy.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/10/national_youth_policy.pdf#6773
The National Youth Policy comes in the face of a myriad of challenges facing the youth in
Kenya. Although the number of organizations dealing with young people has increased
over the years, the lack of a comprehensive policy makes it difficult for these groups to
effectively address these challenges.]]> Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 Concretizing The Role Of Young People In The National Agenda http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/CONCRETIZING_THE_ROLE_OF_YOUNG_PEOPLE_IN_THE_NATIONAL_AGENDAFINAL_DRAFT.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/CONCRETIZING_THE_ROLE_OF_YOUNG_PEOPLE_IN_THE_NATIONAL_AGENDAFINAL_DRAFT.pdf#84 NATIONAL YOUTH CONVENTION IV

1821 September 2008

CONCRETIZING THE ROLE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE NATIONAL AGENDA

By ABRAHAM RUGO MURIU (ARMS)]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 Evaluating The National Accord The Role Of Young People in its Implementation http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/EVALUATING_THE_NATIONAL_ACCORD_THE_ROLE_OF_YOUNG_PEOPLE_IN_ITS_IMPLEMENTATION.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/09/NYC/EVALUATING_THE_NATIONAL_ACCORD_THE_ROLE_OF_YOUNG_PEOPLE_IN_ITS_IMPLEMENTATION.pdf#85 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 PRESS STATEMENT FROM YOUNG KENYANS ON THE RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY IN KENYA http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/jan_08/Press_Statement_from_Young_Kenyans_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy_in.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2008/jan_08/Press_Statement_from_Young_Kenyans_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy_in.pdf#1120 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:00:00 +0300 State Corporation Act (Cap.446) The Youth Enterprise Development Fund Order, 2007 http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/Oct_07/Bills/youth_bill.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/Oct_07/Bills/youth_bill.pdf#6772

State Corporation Act (Cap.446)

The Youth Enterprise Development Fund Order, 2007 by President Mwai Kibaki.

]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0300 Statement Minister Mohammed Kuti on the status of the Youth Enterprise Fund Jan 29 2007 http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/Oct_07/GoK_Ministries/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs/press_statement.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/Oct_07/GoK_Ministries/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs/press_statement.pdf#6775 Statement by the Minister of State for Youth Affairs, Hon (DR.) Mohammed Abdi Kuti, M.P, EGH on the status of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund.

]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0300 Cartoon Vote; Its time for youth to take control http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/Cartoons/MARSTOON5AMENDED.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/Cartoons/MARSTOON5AMENDED.pdf#6731 Cartoon – Vote; Its time for youth to take control

]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:00:00 +0300 We Must Help Youth To Become Leaders http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/june_07/Joe_Nyagah_Commentaries/We_Must_Help_Youth_To_Become_Leaders.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/june_07/Joe_Nyagah_Commentaries/We_Must_Help_Youth_To_Become_Leaders.pdf#597 PRESS RELEASE
WE MUST HELP YOUTH TO BECOME LEADERS
One of my most enjoyable days in the recent past was when I spent a day with about
five hundred young people at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre...]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:00:00 +0300 The role of youth in the fight against corruption http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/1What_is_corruption.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/1What_is_corruption.pdf#6366 The role of youth in the fight against corruption.

What is corruption?

“Today one of the biggest threats to development in many countries is corruption. It weakens

fundamental systems, it distorts markets, and it encourages people to apply their skills and energies

in nonproductive ways...]]> Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0300 The role of youth in the fight against corruption http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/5The_youth_and_corruption_in_Kenya.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/5The_youth_and_corruption_in_Kenya.pdf#6367 The role of youth in the fight against corruption

With significant amounts of energy, vibrancy, vision nd passion, the youth are critical stakeholders in he fight against corruption in Kenya...]]> Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0300 The role of youth in the fight against corruption Elements of a National Integrity System http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/6Elements_of_a_national_intergrity_system.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/6Elements_of_a_national_intergrity_system.pdf#6368 The role of youth in the fight against corruption

Elements of a National Integrity System;

A state confers all the powers to manage the national resource and the
country into the hands of an institution of government...]]> Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0300 The role of youth in the fight against corruption Levels and Types of Corruption http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/2Level_and_types_of_corruption.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/2Level_and_types_of_corruption.pdf#6369 The role of youth in the fight against corruption

Levels and Types of Corruption;

Corruption is manifested in various forms and is classified in terms of
levels and types.

]]> Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0300 The Role of Youth in the Fight Against Corruption Youth Action Against Corruption http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/Guide_to_youth_against_corruption.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/Guide_to_youth_against_corruption.pdf#6370 ]]> Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0300 The role of youth in the fight against corruption Causes and Effects of Corruption http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/3Causes_and_effects_of_corruption.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/3Causes_and_effects_of_corruption.pdf#6371 The role of youth in the fight against corruption

Causes and Effects of Corruption;

Corruption thrives due to various reasons. The KACC National
Corruption Perception Survey 2007 disclosed the leading causes of corruption...]]> Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0300 The role of youth in the fight against corruption Measures undertaken to fight corruption http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/4Measures_undertaken_to_fight_corruption.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/4Measures_undertaken_to_fight_corruption.pdf#6372 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0300 The role of youth in the fight against corruption Citizen's Role in the Fight Against Corruption http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/7The_Citizens_role_in_the_fight_against_corruption.pdf http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/pdfs/2009/03/Youth_Against_Corruption/7The_Citizens_role_in_the_fight_against_corruption.pdf#6730 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0300