Gender, Youth, Culture & Sports

About us

The  Gender, Youth, Children, Sports, Culture ministry is tasked with considering, reviewing and monitoring matters relating to education, gender, youth, sports and culture and making relevant recommendations.

Also, the committee monitors the implementation and adherence of international standards and national policy and legislation at the county level and makes appropriate recommendations.

Brief Introduction

The Department of Gender, Culture and Sports was established vide Executive No. 3/2013 with a mandate to develop polices and implement programs for sustained and balanced social, culture sporting activities as well as economic development of the county with the emphasis on empowerment of vulnerable and marginalized groups.

It is further mandated to support research interests particularly in gender and culture as well as to ensure access, equity and equality in every aspect of development. The functions of the Department, in the context of its mission, are on policy development, regulatory and legal matters in terms of gender and culture.

The Department has a duty of promoting and developing youth and sports for a vibrant sporting industry and empowered youth. The department’s vision is to lead in creative and innovative youth empowerment, achieving sporting excellence and embracing top of the range effective and efficient communication models.

The ministry inspires the community using platforms that empower the youth, enhance sporting excellence and provision of relevant information.

The ministry believes that our diversity and breadth, allows us to explore opportunities and address challenges at the county, national and global scale and enables gender and culture to contribute heavily to the County’s economic growth. More importantly, we believe that our customers/ clients are essential to our success.

VISION AND MISSION OF THE MINISTRY

Vision:

To create sustainable and equitable social and economic empowerment to all

Mission:

To formulate, mainstream and implement responsive policies through coordinated strategies for sustained and balanced social cultural and economic development of the county and empowerment of the county and empowerment of vulnerable and marginalized groups and areas

OUR SERVICES

 The Ministry is responsible for the provision of policy guidance and direction through several services, these services include:

• Gender mainstreaming and Social Economic Empowerment of Women and PWDS,
• Child development affairs. This entails importantly Coordination of Primary Child Protection Services
• Social support Protection Services
• Community Development through community mobilization and community capacity building
• Social welfare; Family and Child welfare, Generic Social Work, NGO Coordination
• Culture Preservation and Promotion; Establish cultural centers, preserve traditional artifacts, secure cultural and historical sites.
• Alcoholic drinks and Licensing and Control; Regulation of liquor licensing and consumption, Enforcing the laws of cultural and regulations and alcoholic drinks
• Administrative services; Human resource Services, Accounts Services. Procurement Services, General Administration Services, HIV Work place interventions

CEC – BENEDICT ESIROMO EMACAR