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Table-banking, a booming loan facility among Kenyan women

Initially when she needed a loan, Joan Mwashi would approach a group she belonged to under a microfinance institution.

She would table her proposal. The group, which acted as her guarantor, would then discuss it and if she qualified, the chairperson would forward her application to the microfinance institution for processing.

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