MOOMBA Member of Parliament Fred Chaatila has urged women who have received empowerment grants under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to use the funds to improve their lives and not surrender them to their husbands.
Mr Chaatila said women sometimes have a tendency to think that men should be the only ones with financial muscle, hence failing to thrive even when empowered.
“Husbands too, please allow your wives to engage in business,” he said when 16 women and youth groups in Monze’s Moomba received grants of K488,960 from CDF.
“We do not want reports that CDF has destroyed marriages,” he said.
“Support each other as spouses to grow because we understand that you people in rural areas face a lot of challenges .