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Kuresoi youth demand jobs at dam construction site

Bulldozers going on with the construction of Itare dam in Kuresoi North in Nakuru county on August 23,2016.The dam which will cover 600 acres will displace more than 14,000 people living in the area.PHOTO:KIPSANG JOSEPH

Kuresoi and Molo youths have urged the Rift Valley Water and Services Board to ensure that they get 30 per cent of the jobs in the multi-billion-shilling Itare dam project.

 The youths, who turned up at the construction site in Ndoinet Forest, claimed the Italian company in charge of the construction had hired youths from others areas instead of giving the locals priority.

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