The four year pilot project that ends in 2015 aims to train upto 16,000 youth with skills and provide internship to atleast 11,000 of the former. Kenya is among the 30 world’s poorest countries in the world, ranking 152 out of 177 according to the 2006 Human Development Index. And with 78 percent of Kenya’s population younger than 35 years facing unemployment of 70 percent according to last census, seven out of ten unemployed are aged between 18 – 35 years. The government’s promise of 1,000,000 new jobs was not met last year; however the Economic Outlook for 2014 shows that the country requires over 1 million jobs annually. In 2013, the formal sector recorded 116,800 new jobs of which the public sector contributed 26,300 while the informal sector recorded 636,000. This means that the informal sector is a large contributor to the growth of the country’s economy. The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) in conjunction with the government received funding of upto 1.6 billion Keny...