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Kakamega women, youth benefit as County disburses Ksh 12 Million to boost income generating projects

Sacco ReviewApril 20, 202604 mins

Women self-help groups and youth from Kakamega County are smiling after the County Government of Kakamega has disbursed Ksh 12 Million to help them boost their income generating projects. According to the County, 120 groups of the County Youth Service and Women Empowerment Programme (CYSWEP) in all the 60 wards and each ward which has two registered…

Women hail Equity’s Fanikisha Programme for enhancing business growth, financial inclusion

Sacco ReviewMarch 9, 2026March 10, 202605 mins

Women have hailed Equity Bank’s Fanikisha programme for transforming their financial fortunes, saying the initiative has helped them overcome barriers such as limited access to credit and lack of tailored financial products. Beneficiaries said the programme has enabled them to grow businesses, create jobs, and improve their living standards through access to affordable financing and…

Machakos lawyer decries poor representation denying women, youth groups access to funds for development

Sacco ReviewFebruary 26, 2026February 26, 202604 mins

Machakos-based lawyer has raised concern over what she term as underrepresentation of women, youth groups and people Living with disabilities (PWDs) in Machakos County. Diana Ngei who hails from Tala said many women groups in the County had not benefitted from Women Empowerment funds in the past 10 years despite having a Woman Representative specifically…

Kangundo women, youth asked to form groups to access Gov’t affordable loans

Sacco ReviewJanuary 28, 202603 mins

Kangundo Member of Parliament (MP) Fabian Kyule has asked women and youth in the region to form groups that will enable them to borrow loans from government. Kyule decried that the government has allocated funds to the Women Enterprise Fund, Uwezo Fund and many others targeting women and youth, however many are not using them…

Women trade unionists urged to push for end of child-labour in Kenya’s tea, coffee sectors

Sacco ReviewNovember 1, 202505 mins

The Central Organization of Trade Unions of Kenya (COTU-K) has urged women trade unionists in the country to take a frontline role in ending child labour within Kenya’s tea and coffee sectors. Speaking on Thursday at the Tom Mboya Labour College in Kisumu during the opening of a capacity-building workshop for women trade unionists, the…

50 women from Mombasa and Kwale complete financial literacy, business management training

Sacco ReviewJanuary 9, 2025January 9, 202507 mins

Fifty women from Mombasa and Kwale counties have successfully completed a three-month training program in Financial Literacy and Business Management. The training, part of the Empower Her initiative, was sponsored by Base Titanium in partnership with the Taji Langu Foundation. The program aimed to empower small-scale women entrepreneurs by providing them with essential business skills…

Govt budget cuts affects agencies that provide loans to youth, women

Sacco ReviewJanuary 8, 202503 mins

The National Government has cut budget for agencies that provide cheap credit to youth and women. Affected agencies include Women Enterprise Fund, Uwezo Fund, Youth Enterprise Development (YEDF) and the Hustler Fund. A report by the Controller of Budget indicates that the National Treasury did not provide loans in the three months to end of…

GROOTS Kenya empowers 21,000 youth in all counties to start own businesses

Sacco ReviewAugust 14, 202403 mins

Youth have a reason to smile after Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood (GROOTS) Kenya empowered over 21,000 of them in all 47 counties to start their own businesses. The amount the NGO gave was Ksh3 million. GROOTS Kenya Director Rael Kagoiya, speaking at Nakuru ATC during The International Day for the Youth attended by…

Uasin Gishu Governor urges youth, women to join Saccos

Sacco ReviewNovember 17, 2023November 17, 202302 mins

Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii has said that his administration has put measures in place to encourage the youth and women in the county to join Saccos. He noted that these special interest groups should be facilitated to tap into the existing benefits of cooperatives. The governor was speaking in Soi during the official launch…

Professional women from Nyanza form body to empower women, youth

Sacco ReviewNovember 6, 2023November 6, 202303 mins

Professional women from Nyanza region have vowed to empower and build the capacities of their colleagues in the region. Under the aegis of the Professional Association of Nyanza (PANY) Women, the group said that it will tap into its vast skills, experiences and extensive networks to effect the same. In a communique released in Kisumu…