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    "id": 1565987,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you, for the opportunity to ask this Question. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, you are welcome to the Senate and congratulations for going through the processes of being appointed. The women of Kenya are looking up to you to help move ahead the step on matters of gender. I beg to ask the following Question- (a) How has the Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) performed in providing affordable and accessible loans since the digitization exercise initiated in 2023, and could the Cabinet Secretary provide data per county on the- (i) number of women groups and individuals who have benefited since the inception of the new system; (i) increase in the disbursement of loans to Chamas / Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMSEs) over the last two financial years; (iii) increase in the on-boarding of new Chamas into the Fund's database since the inception of the digital system; and, (iv) number of groups that have dropped out of the Fund due to challenges they encountered during on-boarding into the new system and what the Ministry is doing to restore them. (b) What measures is the Ministry taking to address concerns regarding the punitive decision of scrapping credit scores for groups that had built their credit scores over the years dating back to long before the digitization of the Fund? (c) What is the Ministry doing to ensure women entrepreneurs who wish to do business outside of Chamas are not discriminated against when it comes to accessing WEF loans? Thank you."
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