Form social groups to gain credit opportunities - Chalya

Posted on: February 27th, 2018

Busokelo District Council has been providing loans to women's groups, youth and people with disabilities in order to develop and improve the economy and income for society. This money is the implementation of the orders of the Government in every election to allocate funds 10% for women, youths and the disabled.

Speaking during the handing over of credit cheque worth 32 million shillings for those groups was held in the building of the banana market on January, 25 this year, Rungwe District Commissioner, Hon. Julius Chalya said that it is high time that the people now have to create groups to benefit from loans from the Government.

"Some people have been complaining that the Government has not enabled them economically when they don't want to join in the groups. The Government does not bring money individually, amend groups to gain these opportunities. " Hon Chalya said.

Chalya in spite of getting these opportunities the lending groups must have strategies together to produce world-class products to conform competition and the market of the industrial economy.

 The provision of credit for women, youths and the disabled is the continuation of the implementation of the orders of the Government, where the financial year 2016/17 of Busokelo District Council held 9 of 186 among Councils for providing loans, where it provided  worth more than a shilling 100.1 million for women and youth.