CS Sicily says the government has set aside over Sh14 billion in special kitties reserved for women.(Photo/KBC TV)Youth and Gender Affairs Cabinet Secretary, Sicily Kariuki has challenged women to take advantage of resources made available by the national government to improve their social welfare as the government moves to empower vulnerable and marginalized groups.
CS Sicily says the government has set aside over Sh14 billion in special kitties reserved for women.For the last two days, over 1,000 women have been converging at the National Museums of Kenya to chat the way forward on how to drive the gender agenda.
While opening the conference on challenges and opportunities for rural women and girls, Sicily noted there is a need for women to be proactive in championing for women agenda in the country.
She challenged the women folk to be aggressive in taking up government funds as well as apply for tenders reserved for them.
At least 1.4 million Women have been able to access the 10.4 billion shillings set aside by the government for women, while 800,000 women have been trained on basic entrepreneurship skills.
The government is in the process of merging the youth and women funds into a bigger kitty that will be dubbed biashara funds to enable more women to access the funds.