The Ministry of Cooperatives has dismissed claims that the Financial Inclusion Fund, commonly known as the Hustler Fund, was disbursed to unborn children and minors.
Appearing before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Trade on Thursday, March 6, Cooperatives Principal Secretary Susan Mang'eni refuted these claims, explaining that the discrepancies were due to errors in data extraction rather than the actual misallocation of funds.
According to the PS, the ministry has since cleaned up the records, and all individuals sampled have verified identity cards and telephone numbers. "The data used in the audit report contained significant extraction errors because the audit was not conducted in a live environment," Mang'eni explained.
Cooperatives Principal Secretary Susan Mang'eni appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Trade and Cooperatives on Thursday, March 6, 2025.
