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Kerrow: Hustler Fund should have been a grant, not a loan

Former Mandera Senator Billow Kerrow during an interview on Spice FM. [Screengrab, Spice FM]

Former Mandera Senator Billow Kerrow has faulted President William Ruto's administration's plan for issuing loans to Kenyans under the Financial Inclusion Fund, popularly known as the Hustler Fund.

Instead, Kerrow says the loans should be grants if at all the Kenya Kwanza government is out to help boost millions of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that are looking forward to benefitting from facility.

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