Dar es Salaam, June 30 -- UYUI District Council has disbursed loans worth 135m/- to women, youth and people with disabilities in response to the government's directives to all councils to set aside 10 per cent of their revenues to these groups.

Handing over the cheque recently, the District Executive Director, Mr Hemed Magaro said that loan beneficiary groups in 2020/2021 were 23 women, which received 135m/-, 13 of youth (89.5m/-) and one of the people with disabilities (13m/-).

"Today, we are giving only 135m/-. The other amount was given in December last year. It means that in this financial year, the Council has already offered a total of 237.5m/-," said the DED.

The beneficiaries of the loan scheme in Uyui were 230 women, 130 youth...