00:00 The government is now well on the way to fully integrate the private security industry into the national security infrastructure.
00:08 This will enhance intelligence gathering information, sharing, crime detection and deterrence, crime scene protection and recollection and preservation of evidence.
00:18 Once formalized, private security providers will have a direct line of communication with the government command and control center to minimize bureaucratic creative and speed up response in emergencies.
00:30 Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, the government of Kenya spends billions of Shillings annually to train and equip young men and women enrolled in the national youth service
00:44 with the necessary skills and competencies to serve their nation.
00:48 It costs on average, the government spends an average of 250,000 Shillings to train one serviceman from the point of entry to the point of graduation.
01:01 Ironically, at a greater cost to the taxpayer and the youth themselves, this massive government funded investment coupled with a rigorous six months paramilitary training ends at the completion of the course.
01:14 Upon graduation, there is no established framework for the absorption, transition, placement or employment of the highly trained and disciplined members of the national youth service in either private or public sector.
01:28 In light of this and in the completion of the critical training and exceptional skills that NYS exposes our youth to, we are now developing a policy framework that once adopted will prioritize NYS graduates to transit seamlessly into the private security industry.
01:48 This is a win-win scenario for the private security industry, which will have easy access to a pool of skilled and professional personnel for employment and for the government, which will see this synergistic engagement with a huge potential for the youth employment.
02:08 Ladies and gentlemen, placement in the security industry is a high calling to public service that comes with an inducible and well thought out and usable minimum of honesty, integrity, professionalism, all less with a strong sense of opportunism.
02:23 Thank you.
02:24 [Applause]
