Youth Fund budget cut by half to Sh225m

Youth Enterprise Development Fund CEO Josiah Moriasi. 

Youth Enterprise Development Fund CEO Josiah Moriasi. 

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The Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) budget allocation for the financial year starting July has been cut by more than half, according to Treasury documents tabled in Parliament for approval.

The Kibaki-era affirmative action fund, which was created to support youth-owned enterprises to access low-cost loans, has been allocated Sh225.02 million for the new fiscal year for recurrent and development expenditure.

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