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Women Financial Intermediary Partners receives Sh250m ministry funding

Cabinet Secretary for Public Service , Youth and Gender Sicily Kariuki address youths in a Nairobi hotel (Photo: WILLIS AWANDU)

NAIROBI, KENYA: The Government has released Sh250 million in seed capital to a new savings co-operative that aims to advance loans to women.

The Sacco, Women Financial Intermediary Partners, otherwise known as Sacco Lending, is the brainchild of the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs, and will be joining the Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) as another pool from which women can get financing.

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