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"content": "Stop giving evidence on facts that you are not privy to. I know many issues of such kind will come to you. As a lawyer, Hon. Njeri knows that when a citizen loses a life in the circumstances you have described, the law requires an inquest to be carried out. This is where the police will place material evidence before a court of law, and a magistrate will decide whether anybody is culpable for the loss of life or not. Such an inquest will ordinarily result into either a closure of the file or a prosecution of anybody who is found culpable. Otherwise, from where you stand, you have no capacity to give evidence on how a gun discharged a bullet."
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"content": " Yes. I think I was very clear that the ballistics section of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), and the forensic laboratory are still doing the forensic analysis. So, when the analysis is completed, the inquiry file will be forwarded to the DPP."
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"content": "Thank you. Hon. Njeri, we leave it there. Next is the Chairlady of the Departmental Committee on Social Protection to respond to a statement sought by Hon. Marianne Kitany."
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"content": "The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "DISBURSEMENT OF THE WOMEN ENTERPRISE FUND"
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is the response to a statement sought by the Member for Aldai Constituency, Hon. Marianne Kitany, regarding the disbursement of the Women Enterprise Fund (WEF). In her request, she raised two questions. The first question was on the rationale behind reducing the borrowing limit especially considering the Fund expanded resources, and the fact that it specifically targets women groups. The second question was on the measures that are being put in place to ensure that the Women Enterprise Fund remains an effective tool for supporting women entrepreneurs. I wish to respond as follows: The Fund introduced digital loan and savings products on the 1st July 2023. The product targets a group of 10 to 30 women. The loan is offered through a digital platform by dialling *254#. Upon compliance with the terms and conditions, the turnaround time is instant. The group can access the WEF group through two processes: 1. Dial USSD *254# and select Women Enterprise Fund; and, 2. M-PESA App, then Grow tab, then select Financial Inclusion, Mini-app, under development. During the pilot phase between 1st July 2023 and 16th September 2023, the Fund disbursed Ksh941,901,505 to 18,955 women groups with Ksh257,464,445, being repaid as of 31st May 2024. Only first cycle of Ksh50,000 was activated for the pilot phase to allow the Fund to monitor the trends to inform rollout of the rest of the borrowing amount. From the trends, the loan demand under digital is many times higher than the manual model, as evidenced by the near Ksh1 billion that was disbursed under the two months, thus putting extremely high pressure on the limited cash available for lending. This implies that with a bigger loan limit, only a few groups will benefit, and the resources are depleted. In policy, the Fund has approved bigger loan limits, but introducing them will need enhanced funding to the Fund to sustain cash flows and continued service to the women entrepreneurs. On the second question on measures that have been put in place to ensure that WEF remains an effective tool for supporting women entrepreneurs, I want to respond that the Fund is implementing several measures, key among them: 1. Improving financial sustainability. Financial sustainability is crucial for any organisation to continue offering services to its clients. To achieve sustainability, the Fund seeks to grow its value to Ksh10 billion by ensuring efficient management of operation costs. 2. Improving accessibility to loans by women entrepreneurs by re-engineering loan delivery channels. The agenda of the Government is to ensure an inclusive financial landscape. Fundamental to this are initiatives that enable the inclusion of women in the financial services. The Fund aims to expand financial access for 5 million women entrepreneurs in all parts of the country who are riding on digital platforms. Moreover, the Fund aims at diversifying the products and services to serve a wider market. 3. Enhancing financial and entrepreneurial skills for women entrepreneurs. The training for women Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) facilitates Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) expansion and enhances profitability, productivity and competitive advantage. The Fund will enhance capacity for 515,000 women entrepreneurs on entrepreneurship, financial literacy, value addition, Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) and business counselling. The Fund will channel out different training services on various platforms."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a",
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"content": "The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "4. Improving market access for women entrepreneurs. Some of the interventions that are critical in enabling market access include domestic and international trade facilitation, coordination of linkages with major market players and provision of commercial infrastructure, among others. The Fund aims to improve market access for 105,500 women entrepreneurs through linkages, market facilitation and decent workplace to support the women to achieve their market goals. Core to those measures is: Financial sufficiency driven by high disbursement volumes and introduction of modest interest rates at 6 per cent per annum reducing balance, operation efficiency that is propelled by digitisation and digitalisation, enhanced resourcing, improved productivity and prudent financial management. Hon. Speaker, digitisation is the process of converting analogue data into digital form, while digitalisation is the use of digital technologies to change a business."
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"content": "[The Speaker (Hon. Moses Wetang’ula) left the Chair]"
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"content": "[The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Omboko Milemba) took the Chair]"
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