This archive report was first published on 27 August 2021.
On August 27, 2021, Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) PLC launched a youth empowerment program dubbed Y-Gen, aimed at promoting career development of young employees as part of the Company's diversity mainstreaming agenda.
Launched under the slogan 'The Future is Now', KenGen has now moved to register the Y-Gen Youth Empowerment Program with relevant government bodies and also seek to trademark its logo, becoming the first public institution in Kenya to do so.
KenGen Managing Director and CEO, Mrs. Rebecca Miano, emphasized the importance of the youth in the company's growth strategy, stating that they constitute about 30% of the total staff complement.
"Y-Gen presents a golden opportunity to groom thinkers, doers, current and tomorrow's leaders. As KenGen continues its journey into the rest of the continent under the diversification strategy, those within the Y-Gen bracket are truly the carriers and implementers of the company's global aspirations," said Mrs. Miano.
The program has four key pillars: Y-Gen Strategy Alignment, Y-Gen Brand Development and Outreach, Y-Gen Wellness, and Y-Gen Pamoja, which will inform the implementation of the forum's strategy going forward.
KenGen has also mainstreamed other areas, including gender through its Pink Energy Initiative, which earlier this year won a gender mainstreaming award issued by the Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Public Service and Gender.
