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NYS volunteers wait for withheld savings

Some of the projects in Kibera such as fish ponds that failed after the NYS scandal

The cooperative societies supposed to help sustain volunteers in the National Youth Service (NYS) projects remain a mystery.

About a year since the programme collapsed, beneficiaries are yet to receive a cent of their savings. Bernard Kamau,* one of the project participants from Kirinyaga County, says after each member signed the contract, they were told they would receive individual copies after a few days.

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