The government was a minor source of funding for WGs’ MSEs except for the funds
received from the Women Development Fund of 1997. Even so, this source was
inadequate such that some WGs only managed to open bank accounts and keep the
money as minimum account balances. Furthermore, the funds were distributed once
and most WGs who benefited were registered for only that purpose and have since
ceased to exist. These funds also generated a lot of misunderstanding between the
members and split the groups instead of uniting them. Research findings also indicate
that some WGs shared the money among members.