MINISTER of Small and Medium Enterprises Elias Mubanga says despite a number of entrepreneurs accessing the empowerment funds being offered by his ministry, the percentage of beneficiaries is extremely low. In an interview, Thursday, Mubanga said because of the low percentage of beneficiaries against the K18 billion worth of applications, some people have been questioning why his ministry was created. “The K18 billion worth of applications plus the K350 million and K397.3 million [allocation]…a lot of entrepreneurs have had a lot of access to these funds and have started running up and down. But the percentage is extremely low, very thin, you can’t see. That’s why people are questioning why this ministry was created. When they apply, they are so...