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NYS to get Sh20b despite mega scandal

Suna east MP Junet Mohammed(left)National Assembly minority whip Thomas Mwadegu addressing the press at capital hill,they called on Jubilee party to explain the source of money that they used to buy Jubilee towers and the launch of jubilee merger.7/9/16-BEVERLYNE MUSILI

Project funding for the National Youth Service has been doubled to Sh20 billion amid outcry following massive theft.

It will be the largest allocation ever for the agency, which will also receive an additional Sh8 billion to run its ordinary operations even as President Uhuru Kenyatta soldiers on with his now soiled pet project.

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