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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Hanna Cheptumo",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Gender, Culture, the Arts, and Heritage",
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    "content": "challenge that is there, considering that the amount of money that had been given earlier, most of it has not been repaid back and it was supposed to be a revolving fund. However, subject to availability of funds, we shall be able to lend to as many groups as possible because we just require a group of 10 members and they do not require any security. The security is the chiefs, just the local leadership. These are people who know each other. So, there is no security required. Sen. Madzayo, we have a department of market linkages and we are working to ensure that our women products reach the markets. Definitely, as a Ministry, we are looking at an all-government approach. So, this Women Enterprise Fund is not working in isolation. We work with the other Ministries to ensure that we make use of the already existing structures. Sen. Abass asked about the sensitization of the women. We have the fund operators who are on the ground sensitizing women on how to access this credit. We use the same local administration to pass the information because that is where these women are. We work with them to ensure that in their normal meetings or in the local administration, women are sensitized on the need to borrow, so that they can also access funds for purposes of running their businesses. There is also an introduction of a Sharia-compliant product because of the Muslim culture and you know that they do not believe in interest. They believe in profits, if I am not wrong. We are trying to ensure that we capture all sectors. We are also intensifying information to ensure that we reach women in the marginalized areas. All these measures are in place to ensure that everyone - even if it means using the vernacular stations - knows what is happening but mostly, we have an all-government approach. We work with all the other sectors of the Government to ensure that we make use of the platforms that we have to pass the information. I cannot quite remember the question that was asked by Sen. Abass."
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