Select Committee on International Development Written Evidence

Letter from the Hon Paul K Muite, Member of Parliament for Kabete Constituency, Kenya, to the Head of DFID Kenya as part of DFID Kenya's consultation on its Country Assistance Plan 2004-07

  One area which would go a long way in poverty eradication in my opinion is small scale loans of say up to KShs.50,000/= to grassroots women business initiatives by groups and individuals. I have in mind "mama bogas", fruit sellers and such other micro enterprises.

February 2004

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Prepared 12 May 2004