Influence Of Self Help Groups On Economic Empowerment Of Women In Rongo Sub County, Migori County, Kenya

Abstract

Poverty in most families in Kenya is very high, Central Kamagambo ward, Rongo sub county, Migori County being one of the poor and least densely populated areas. Therefore this study was to help examine the influence of SHGs on economic empowerment of women in Central Kamagambo ward, Migori county,Kenya.The study is guided by the following objectives: To establish the extent to which socio-economic background of SHG members influence economic empowerment of women in Central Kamagambo Ward, Migori County, to establish the extent to which training of members of SHG influence the economic empowerment of women in Kamagambo Ward, to establish the extent to which regular groups meetings of the SHG members influence the economic empowerment of women in Central Kamagambo Ward and finally to establish how the SHG members benefit economically from membership individually. The study was also be guided by the theory of group development whose prominent was Tuckman Bruce in 1965.The theory emphasize five stages that the group has to undergo in order to achieve harmony, cohesion and development. These stages are forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning .The study population was thirty SHGs with a total of six hundred member’s .The data collection method was a combination of simple random sampling and stratified sampling procedures. The study adopted descriptive design to analyze the primary data and use ordinal scale to measure various indicators. The data was analyzed using frequency distribution table. Qualitative data in a form of experience, opinion and suggestion will be analyzed by using frequency distribution tables to strengthen the quantitative findings. A total of 120 questionnaires were administered to cover the SHG members in Kabuoro, Koderobara and Kanyig’ombe locations, Central Kamagambo Ward. The study exposes the facts based on simple random sampling and stratified sampling to measure the economic empowerment of women in Central Kamagambo ward. A descriptive technique has been used. The list of members has been obtained from each group and twenty members have been selected by using simple random method. Thus 10% of 1200 members were selected to form a base of the study. The questionnaire was prepared for the selected SHGs members and care was taken to avoid errors in data collection