Kenya launches medium-term economic plan
STORY: Kenya launches medium-term economic plan
SHOOTING TIME: March 21, 2024
DATELINE: March 23, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:12
LOCATION: Nairobi
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
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1. various of launch of medium-term economic plan
STORYLINE:
Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday launched a medium-term plan that seeks to accelerate the country's quest to become a middle-income industrialized country.
Ruto said Medium-Term Plan IV 2023-2027 focuses on the country's economic growth, especially at the grassroots.
"Through this plan, we will spearhead radical economic turnaround, fostering inclusive growth and enhancing the livelihoods and welfare of citizens, particularly those at the bottom of the economic pyramid," Ruto said during the launch in Nairobi, Kenya's capital.
Under the program, he said, Kenya would seek to create more than 1.2 million jobs every year for the youth to boost economic growth.
In the transport sector, Ruto said, his government would build over 6,000 km of new roads and 277 footbr
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