The Mombasa county Government is planning to establish it's own youth service.

Fashioned after the National Youth Service (NYS), the Mombasa youth service (MYS) will include technical training with recruits set to be engaged in manual and skilled labour activities across the county.

Speaking in Changamwe while issuing out bursaries amounting to ksh 63.7 million , Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir said the aim of program is to ensure that youths from the county have access to relevant education, training and employment opportunities.

"Our coming budget will be a people centered budget, we have several projects and programs directly targeting our youth and residents in general" said Nassir

Adding "Among the programs or plans is the establishment of the Mombasa youth service, our county will be the first county in the country to come up with the program. In this program just like with the National youth service, our youths will be instilled discipline, personal fitness and different skills which will help them secure jobs through the airlift program".

The county boss exuded confident that Members of the county assembly will pass the budget.

Nassir charged "I want to live a legacy, a legacy that will be remembered with the generations to come that I helped in improving the lives of our people, and this will be achieved through the different programs like the NHIF comprehensive cover, school feeding program, holidays motivational scheme among others, all found in the budget"

Nassir further revealed that the county government is planning to construct two rehabilitation centres within the county to help youths recovering from drug abuse.