Esther Murugi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think we are talking too view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: 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. ... view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, for women to qualify for that money, you have to be over 18 years. You must be involved in a business enterprise or have a viable business proposal. You must satisfy other internal lending requirements of the financial intermediary. So, most likely, those who have applied in Kericho may not have complied with the third condition. However, as I said earlier, sometimes, women in Nairobi find it easier to apply even for projects in other provinces because of the accessibility. I have given the breakdown as I have it, but to give every name of the 92,000 ... view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have already said that in February and early March, 2009, we advertized in the media for all SACCOS and people who think they can disburse those funds to apply to us. We are now completing the evaluation exercise to ensure that each part of the country is covered by the intermediaries, especially in North Eastern Province, which has not been doing very well. I would like to assure people from those areas – especially North Eastern Province and Coastal areas – that we have looked for intermediaries who are Shariah compliant. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said earlier, the KWFT ceased to be our partner because of charging high interest rates. The interest rate that we charge is 8 per cent. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, initially, the Constituency Women Enterprise Fund was allocated only Kshs1 million per constituency. It is only now that we have passed an additional Kshs1 million. So, the bulk of the women have not been able to access those funds. It was only 20 groups per constituency and, in most constituencies; it expired a long time ago. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, I do not think that is possible. The only money that is distributed per constituency is the Kshs1 million. The bulk of the money is disbursed through the intermediaries. So, it depends on the intermediaries that one has and their capability to disburse the money. The hon. Member should come to my office so that I can give him the list of the intermediaries in his area. He will also know the amount of money we have allocated them. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the only institution that did that was the Kenya Women Finance Trust. We have told them to refund back all the money we have view