Treasury winds down youth, women kitties for new fund

Maasai women from Laikipia county showcase beaded products in Nanyuki town after the county government opened a weekly Ushanga Day for women in northern Laikipia to showcase the products. [Jacinta Mutura, Standard]

The Treasury has revisited the idea of collapsing the Uwezo Fund and Women Enterprise Fund after it unveiled new regulations for the Biashara Fund.

With Biashara Fund, youth, women, persons with disabilities and small enterprises will access cheap business loans from the government at an annual interest rate of six per cent.