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Empower women chamaas through financial literacy programmes

Magret Kang'ombe, 49, crushes ballast at a quarry in Kilifi County. [File, Standard]

It is that season again when chamaas, mostly those with women membership, share out their savings to meet January's (some call it 'njaanuary') financial obligations.

In the past decade, I have observed that despite women having far more financial obligations than men, few of them are banked, take investment risks, and apply for large loan amounts.

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