Women in arid areas miss out on gains of empowerment fund

Public Service and Gender Affairs Cabinet Secretary Margaret Kobia. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Women in arid and semi-arid parts of the country are not benefiting from the Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) as much as their counterparts in other regions, a new report shows, highlighting the need to drastically change strategy.

The funds are a flagship programme of Kenya's Vision 2030 blueprint, which includes initiatives to enable women, youth and the disabled access funds to promote businesses and enterprise at the constituency level, thereby enhancing economic growth.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.