Hustler Fund savings will be accessible to Kenyans by November 2023, Cooperatives and Micro and Small Enterprise Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui has said.
The CS noted a total of Ksh1.8 billion Hustler Fund Savings had been saved since the fund was launched in November 2022.
Chelugui noted so far, the government has loaned Kenyans a total of Ksh36 billion.
“We have dispersed over Ksh.36 billion to 22 million Kenyans and we have also a saving component of Ksh.1.8 billion,” CS Chelugui said.
Adding;
“The first saver will access his 30 percent of the savings on November 1 this year.”
Chelugui further announced plans by the government to remove security features from the fund and focus on borrower character and trends.
“We have done away with the traditional securitization of borrowing. No more security…We are pioneering credit scoring; the character of the borrower to understand that if you borrow you will need to pay. And if you borrow frequently, and you repay on time, your credit score will go up.
According to the CS, this will see disciplined borrowers increase their loan limits and an eventual referral by the government to top financial institutions for larger loans.
“In the end, we can now transfer that information to any leading financial institution which can use that information to give you more money,” he noted
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