Cartels lock out women from lucrative tenders, CS admits

Youth Public Service and Gender CS Sicily Kariuki during an interview with the standard at her office on 12/5/16-BEVERLYNE MUSILI

Corrupt Government officials are locking out women from accessing their 30 per cent share of State contracts.

This has seen women entrepreneurs access about 10 per cent of Government tenders, despite continued campaigns from the Kenya Private Sector Association (Kepsa) and ministries such as Public Service, Youth and Gender to increase the current low uptake.