YOUTH, Sports and Arts Minister Elvis Nkandu says government has recovered about K36 million in loan repayments under the general youth empowerment programme. And Nkandu says successful applicants under the Internship, Apprenticeship, Volunteer and Graduate programme will start working in June 2023. Speaking at a media briefing, Wednesday, Nkandu said when UPND took office in August 2021, not even K1 had been recovered by the previous regime. “Between August 2020 and 2021, the ministry empowered youths with loans in various sectors. While these empowerment programmes have helped improve the quality of life for our beneficiaries, it has been very difficult to upscale further due to non-loan repayments by the beneficiaries. As of September 2021, the repayment ratio stood at two...