Ongata Rongai Muungano Women Groups Housing Cooperative Society has received a tent and hundred chairs courtesy of National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) Kajiado County.
The women group had been allocated funds by NGAAF which they used to acquire the equipment.
Speaking during an event to handover the equipment, Kajiado County Women representative Leah Sankaire through a representative Eunice Nkopio said the group was allocated the funds due to its record of empowering women in the county.
Sankaire said the women group has been empowering women in grassroots level and deserve the support.
Nkopio who is the head of programs in the office of the Kajiado County Women representative said NGAAF has empowered many women and youths in the county.
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She said the office also supports students through allocation bursary funds.
Muungano Group chair and founder Ruth Wakapa commended the women rep for the support, saying that the equipment will cut costs of acquiring tents during the groups’s important events.
Wakapa sadded that the women have benefited a lot through the group; they have been able to acquire property and educate their loved ones.
“We have members who are hundred years, some attend our meetings some stay home due to old age, they have been able to educate their children and grandchildren through the group,” she said.
Ongata Rongai Muungano Women Groups Housing Cooperative Society was formed by women who are members of Muungano Women Group, which was founded in the year 1992, through 41 groups from around Kajiado North.
By Obegi Malack
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