Labour
Availability of labour was found to be important towards the success and sustainability
of WGs’ MSEs. Most groups sampled reported their main source of labour as the
members. However, the researcher observed that the women did not supply enough
labour since it was usually divided between the domestic chores and the WGs’ MSEs
activities. The members first carry out their traditional domestic roles like fetching
firewood, drawing water, cooking, washing and participating in farm work, before
offering labour to the MSEs activities. This seriously undermines the success of the WGs’
MSEs. This problem is compounded by lack of enough funds to hire labour since most
MSEs have low net returns. The study also observed that the type of labour that is readily
available to the WGs’ MSEs was of unskilled type yet some activities need skilled labour.