I assumed it was an obvious lie, forced by the hustler/bottom-up narrative that the youth have taken to. Coz obviously we don't have that kinda cash, plus we have 8 trillion of other people's money we have no idea how to pay back
But I've come across this article saying Algeria is planning to do this starting next month!
https://thearabweekly.com/prevent-unrest-algeria-introduces-youth-unemployment-benefitsThey are targeting unemployed youth between 19 and 40 for a $92.00 a month payment. That's like 10 K in Kenyan money. This shocked me, so I googled Algeria's GDP: it's bigger than ours. By like 50% I think 145 billion dollars to our 100 billion. I'm assuming they're not saddled with bags of iron around their feet like we are (our crazy debts) but I really don't know . . . WHERE is Algeria getting this money from? Hiyo ndio swali.
If it weren't for our toxic politics, we could force our politicians to actually take these ideas more seriously than campaign slogans and have then give us DETAILS of how they're planning to do this. Then we could force/pressure them to actually attempt implementation.
We could force these people to take this seriously and actually look for these funds, separately from the debt that's already killing us!
Much as I don't like him, I'll give kudoz to the Hustler at least for setting this direction with the bottom-up. Now competitive politics forces Kila mtu tu come up with a real bread and butter offer for the public. We must make sure the next govt does something crazy like this because it really will both help unemployment and boost the economy! The more money is circulating through many hands, the more the economy is growing.