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Kenya asked to adopt South Korean model to lower rural poverty

Kenya has been challenged to financially empower villages to improve economic growth and reduce rural poverty.

During his visit to the country, Jin Kwang, the president of Saemaul Undong, a community-based movement that helps to improve the lives of people in South Korean villages, said this strategy has been rolled out in Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia.

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