Mr. Elly Kurgat

Mr. Elly Kurgat

CEC DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS SPORTS AND CULTURE

Elly is an Agribusiness Management graduate who has demonstrated experience developing intervention strategies that address youth radicalization in high risk environments. He has practical experience designing, sourcing funds and implementing ideas geared towards addressing youth unemployment. He is credited with the generation and development of the Youth Agribusiness Incubation centers that trains, mentors and support Youth Led Initiatives in the Agribusiness Sector. He has been extensively involved in community youth mentorship programmes and initiatives and has widely consulted with international donor agencies on multi-cultural projects and supported their implementations, simultaneously. Recently, he consulted as a Youth Sector Specialist in the development of the Kenya Investment Mechanism; a funded programme that aims at boosting investments and business development by the youth by $1M in five years. He is currently working with Agricultural Development Corporation. Elly is married with one child and hails from Tinderet Sub-County.