- Ksh2.5 million was disbursed to bodaboda SACCOs in Kaiti, benefiting 1,200 riders.
- Leaders urged the groups to invest the funds in profitable projects.
- Mukuyuni Self Help Group received Ksh449,000 and plans to start a petrol station.
Leaders have called on bodaboda Saccos in Kaiti constituency, Makueni County, to invest the Ksh2.5 million disbursed under a government empowerment initiative prudently, urging members to back projects with sound profit potential.
The funds benefited 1,200 riders across Saccos in Mukuyuni ward, Kaiti constituency, who were first sensitised on how to organise themselves and avoid projects likely to fail them.
“Today we are here after we held a funds drive weeks ago at Akatch Stadium in Kyambeke, Kaiti constituency, to bring back your money. We call upon the leaders of different Saccos to take time and invest in projects worth investing in, with good profits,” said Stephen Ndolo, one of the national leaders.
Ndolo added that Ksh2.5 million was issued to different Sacco groups in Kaiti constituency, with Mukuyuni Self-Help Group receiving the highest amount at Ksh449,000.
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He was accompanied by Wavinya Nzioka, who called on youths to invest more in table banking and other projects. She added that the initiative forms part of the government’s bottom-up economic transformation agenda aimed at changing young people’s lives through empowerment.
Mukuyuni Bodaboda Sacco Self-Help Group chairman Mbithi Muiya said the group plans to invest in a major project, a small petrol station whose main clients will be its own members, among other ventures.
Iuani Sacco chairman Darius Muange and Kauani Sacco chairman Joseph Muange said that although they received a smaller amount than expected, they were grateful to the government. Both said their members would sit together to identify a better project to invest in.
The riders thanked the organisers for the economic empowerment programme.
By Lydia Ngoolo
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