The Directorate is mandated with:
- Mainstreaming youth issues in county Government policies and programs
- Complementing and operationalizing youth empowerment centers
- Complementing and managing youth talent academies
- Supporting groups of youths with special needs
- Offering guidance and counselling to youths
- Researching, monitoring and evaluating youth programs
- Promoting youth entrepreneurships
- Complementing collaborations with agencies and institutions in youth development
- Capacity building in youth development and empowerment
- Managing youth exchange programs
- Complementing and managing youth empowerment canters.
- Promoting, tapping and nurturing talent among the youth.
- Collaborating, consulting and cooperating with other stakeholders with other youth affairs.
- Coordinating youth enterprise fund in the county.