National Youth Service (Kenya)

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National Youth Service

Abbreviation	NYS
Formation	1964; 60 years ago (1964)
Founder	Geoffrey Griffin
Type	Non-combatant Paramilitary and Civilian volunteer organisation
Purpose	Youth mentor-ship
Headquarters	Nairobi
Fields	TVET, Engineering, Agriculture, Textiles, Security Turbo Field Unit Witu Field Unit Hindi Field Unit Garissa Mbalambala Field Unit Tana Basin Road Project Kirimun Field Unit Kisumu Field Unit
Membership	Voluntary
Ag. Director General James Tembur	[1]
Key people	Lt Gen (rtd) Njuki Mwaniki (chairman)
Main organ	Governing Council
Parent organization	Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs
Budget (2019/2020)	Ksh 13.2 B (1,320,000 USD)
Staff	2,000 (in 2019)
Volunteers (2019)	30,000
Website	nys.go.ke

The National Youth Service (NYS) is an organisation under the Government of Kenya. It was established in 1964 to train young people in important national matters. In 2019, the organization was transformed from a state department to a fully fledged semi-autonomous state corporation after enactment of NYS act, 2018^[2]] by the Kenyan parliament.

The core business of NYS is to train and mentor Kenya's youth through :

1. Paramilitary and regimentation .
2. National building programs.
3. Technical and vocational training in various skills and trades .