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"speaker_name": "Ms. Mathenge",
"speaker_title": "The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Development",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)The Ministry has been using 12 financial intermediaries to disburse the WEDF. A number of them are spread countrywide like; Family Bank, Co-operative Bank, Kenya Industrial Estates, Small and Micro-Enterprise, which are countrywide except the North Eastern, the Kenya Women Finance Trust, which has now moved out of our partnership because we were not compatible; Pamoja Women Development Programme, which is in the provinces of Nairobi, Central, Eastern, Rift Valley and Western. We also have the Business Initiative and management Assistance in Eastern and Central provinces, Taifa SACCO in Nyeri and Laikipia districts. We have K-Rep countrywide, Wakenya Pamoja in Kisii and Mathira SACCO in Karatina. (b) It is a little bit difficult to give the geographical locations of all the beneficiaries because when women go to those banks, it does not matter where you come from as long as you qualify. But in Nairobi, 6,500 women and womenâs groups have been beneficiaries; 50 women in North Eastern, 400 in Coast Province, 1,300 in Rift Valley Province, 850 in Nyanza Province, 500 in Eastern Province, 1,400 in Central Province and 1,000 in Western Province. That makes a total number of 12,000 beneficiaries. When you add it all up, it comes to 92,000 women. (c) Currently, we have realized that the 11 micro finance institutions were not reaching the whole country. We, therefore, advertised in February and March, 2009, for other Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (SACCOS) and other players. We are in the process of evaluating them so that we can reach every part of Kenya. That way, every woman can be a beneficiary of that Fund."
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