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How Kenya missed out on Sh125b World Bank project

President William Ruto during disbursement of Sh63 million in NYOTA start-up capital to 2,520 young businesspeople at Garissa High School grounds on February 11. 2026. NYOTA is a World Bank-funded initiative. [PCS]

Kenya has been excluded from a new, ambitious $972 million (Sh125.38 billion) regional World Bank programme designed to tackle youth unemployment.

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