Relationship Between Awareness And Uptake Of Youth Enterprise Development Fund In Kajiado County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Entrepreneurship is a near practical solution to the ever increasing joblessness among the youth. Efforts to engage Kenyan youths successfully in this direction has however remained a mirage as some of the monies channeled for this purpose through the YEDF is not taken up as expected. The net result is an escalation of youth unemployment aggravating social evils like crime, increased drug use and abuse etc. The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between youth awareness and uptake of YEDF in Kajiado County. The specific objectives were to find out the sources of f…