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Can Ruto's Sh13.6b Nyota youth plan shine?

President William Ruto and National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi at a past function. [File, Standard]

When he was on the campaign trail, President William Ruto romanticised owners of micro and small enterprises, insisting they would form a key cog in his bottom-up economic model.

He hailed them as small-scale trade hustlers and often cited his own experience as a chicken seller in his youth as an example of the importance of small enterprises.

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