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DP promises Sh29b fund for hustlers if elected president

Deputy President William Ruto and Mama Rachel Ruto are received by Canon Reverend Japeth Munazi for a Sunday service at the A.C.K All Saints Church Mtwapa Parish, Kilifi County, yesterday. 

Deputy President William Ruto has promised to set aside Sh100 million for hustlers in each constituency to start or grow businesses if he is elected president in 2022. The country has 290 constituencies.

Ruto said if elected president, he would ensure small-scale traders like handcart pushers, grocers and boda boda operators are given interest-free loans to raise their standards of living.

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