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    "content": "challenges that the Fund has faced since it started disbursing funds in 2007. These challenges are being confronted and attended to. Among the structuring which I have already mentioned we actually will be launching a revamped fund next year. Among the things that we look forward to achieve is diversifying the product and increasing the level of funding. For instance, giving Kshs50,000 to a group of 10 young people is a level of funding that may not make much of a difference. Among the things that we are already discussing with the Fund is how to raise the level of funding and also diversifying the products beyond the chicken farming and small projects that have been undertaken recently. With regard to Bomet County, I have had occasion to personally visit a number of projects supported by the Fund in Bomet County. Among the projects the hon. Member may want to take note of is a very vibrant commercial enterprise dealing in textiles and other products right in the centre of Bomet Town. I think the shop is called Riziki run by a group of young people. I was very impressed by the speed at which that enterprise has grown and the big plans that group has in terms of expanding the business that has been supported by the Fund over the last two years. It is a project that I would be glad to visit with the hon. Member for Chepalungu to assess the progress it is making. I have also visited a number of groups that are engaged in agricultural activities that go beyond merely rearing chicken for Christmas and New Year. Those are projects I would gladly accompany you, hon. Member, to visit. But I do agree with the hon. Member that the Fund should do better and it is a challenge that the Ministry is aware of. It is a challenge that we have brought to the attention of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. It is a challenge that we are addressing."
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