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Outstanding fuliza loans now haunt Kazi Mtaani recruits

Youth under the Kazi Mtaani programme in Machakos.

Photo credit: Pius Maundu | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

Since Fuliza loan is deducted automatically, most of them registered with different cell phone numbers.

Beneficiaries are paid a weekly stipend of Sh1,000 by the State Department of Interior.

All is not well as there have been protests over pay in Murang’a, Isiolo and Mvita.

The rise of mobile lenders has left a majority of the youth in a debt trap.

So bad is the situation that some cannot be paid their dues from the Kazi Mtaani project because of outstanding loans with Fuliza, a Safaricom product.