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Youth to get Sh1 billion loans for start-ups this year

Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) CEO Josiah Moriaso (left) YEDF Chairman Ronald Osumba (centre) with Kibra slum representatives Emily Wilkista (2nd left) and Fadhil Abdala (2nd right) and Aisha Hussein share some insights during the Multi-Agency Youth Empowerment Intervention in the Informal settlements stakeholders' breakfast meeting at the Radisson Blu Hotel,Nairobi. Photo/Elvis Ogina (Nairobi)

More young people are now taking up credit offered by State agencies such as the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF). This has seen the fund report increased uptake of loans.

According to the funds’ Chief Executive Josiah Moriasi, most youths are shunning politics for business ventures to eke out a living.

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