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If you believe you are only as young as you feel, maybe you should be living in Kenya.

A government minister has proposed changing the legal definition of youth to anyone aged from 15 to 50 -- a two-decade jump from the current ceiling of 30 years.

If passed by parliament, that would put youths within five years of Kenya's official retirement age of 55.

Youth Affairs Minister Muhammad Kuti was quoted in local media as saying the government plans to change the law so more people can access a 1 billion shilling ($14 million) youth fund established this year.

The proposal has rankled some in the east African nation, where critics say the reform agenda of President Mwai Kibaki,74, has stalled because he has filled his cabinet with members of his own age group.

肯尼亞政府的一名部長提議將"青年"的法律定義修改為"年齡在15至50歲之間的人"，將目前的30歲上限整整提高了20年。

如果這個(gè)提案在議會(huì)上通過，那么只差5年到達(dá)法定退休年齡55歲的人都還是青年。

肯尼亞當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w援引青年事務(wù)部部長默罕莫德·庫提的話說，肯尼亞政府計(jì)劃修改這個(gè)規(guī)定，這樣，更多的人就可以享用于今年設(shè)立的10億先令（1400萬美元）的青年基金。

這個(gè)提議引起了國內(nèi)一些人的不滿，批評人士說，74歲的姆瓦伊o齊貝吉總統(tǒng)所組建內(nèi)閣的成員都是和他年齡相仿的人，他的改革計(jì)劃都已經(jīng)擱置了。

審計(jì)署成員凱瑟琳·卡格維里爾評價(jià)"青年"定義修改提案說："這完全是胡說。肯尼亞需要的不是這些老氣橫秋的領(lǐng)袖，而是年輕、充滿活力的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。"