Businesses laud State's push to lift small traders

President William Ruto is introduced to the KNCCI board by the lobby's president Richard Ngatia during its recent AGM in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

The business community has welcomed the government's push to support small businesses, including the recently established Hustlers Fund.

Speakers at the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) Annual General Meeting, members said despite teething problems, including low limits, the fund would progressively provide Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with much-needed working capital as they seek to emerge from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.