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    "id": 180742,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keya",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Gender, Children and Social Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 40,
        "legal_name": "Atanas Manyala Keya",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. 3218 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 4, 2008 (a) I am aware that some deserving women groups have not accessed funds under the Women Enterprise Fund since its inception. (b) The amount of money disbursed to women groups and individuals in Limuru Constituency is Kshs5,040,000 as at 28th October, 2008. (c) In order to ensure that women entrepreneurs are trained before accessing the money, the Ministry is taking the following steps:- 1. Strengthening of the secretariat for the Women Enterprise Fund Advisory Board by:- (a) Recruitment of a Chief Executive Officer. This process has been concluded and the officer reported for duty on 3rd November, 2008. (b) It has advertised for nine posts for various positions in the secretariat. These advertisements are closing on 4th November, 2008, which is today, and successful applicants are expected to report on duty on 27th November, 2008. 2. Mobilisation and awareness creation through various means such as public barazas, electronic and print media as well as training workshops organized by our officers at the district and divisional levels. 3. Capacity building of divisional Women Enterprise Fund Committees and women groups. 4. Individuals and groups who access loans through the micro finance institutions are trained by those institutions before the loans are disbursed to them. 5. Monitoring is done on a continuous basis during which women groups and individuals are advised on prudent utilization of loans."
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