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Uhuru named global youth champion at UN meeting

President Uhuru Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta at the launch of the United Nations Youth 2030 and Generation Unlimited partnership by Unicef on September 25, 2018. Mr Kenyatta was unanimously endorsed as the global Champion of the Young People’s Agenda. PHOTO | PSCU

What you need to know:

  • The new initiative aims at catalysing pro-youth actions to address the dreams, ambitions and hopes of 1.8 billion young people globally.
  • It is a partnership between the United Nations Youth Strategy 2030 and Generation Unlimited.
  • President Kenyatta applauded the Unicef leadership for defining an ambitious agenda.

President Uhuru Kenyatta was unanimously endorsed as the global Champion of the Young People’s Agenda on Monday.

The President joined other world leaders on during the launch of an ambitious global partnership through which the UN seeks to get every young person into quality education, training or employment by 2030.