INFORMATIVE NEWS: ABOUT UWEZO FUND The Uwezo Fund is a youth and women’s fund which has its genesis in the pledge His Excellency the President made to allocate the Kshs. 6 billion that was meant for the presidential run-off to youth and women groups. Its objectives are: To expand access to finance through grants and credit to promote youth and women businesses and enterprises at the constituency level, thereby enhancing economic growth towards the realization of the goals of Vision 2030; To generate gainful self-employment for Kenyan youth and women; To model an alternative framework in funding community driven development. The Uwezo Fund which provides youth and women access to grants and interest-free loans, as well as mentorship opportunities to enable them take advantage of the 30% government procurement preference for youth, women and persons with disabilities through its Capacity Building Programme. The principles of Uwezo Fund are: Representation: to ensure the inclusion of all Kenyans including women, youth, persons with disabilities, elected parliamentary representatives and respective government officials. Accountability: to ensure government is held responsible to the citizenry for its decisions and actions. Accessibility: guaranteeing accessibility at the lowest level of engagement and for the largest category of recipients using a simple, structured and least cost approach. Economy: use of the best but least cost mechanism to achieve the desired objective. HOW TO APPLY Sign up for Capacity Building Programme once launched Ensure that you meet the eligibility criteria Fill an application form (this form will be available at the Constituency Uwezo Fund Management Committee office and on the Uwezo Fund website) Submit the application form together with relevant documents to the Uwezo Fund Management Committee within your constituency Await notification of the Uwezo Fund Management committee REQUIREMENTS As youth, woman and person with disability you are required to do the following to enable you access to these opportunities and to compete for procurement opportunities within a category: Form a group and register an enterprise with the Registrar of Companies’ Offices in Nairobi or anywhere else wherever they are located. You may do so as a sole trader, partnership, limited company, association, etc. Get clearance from the Youth Enterprise Fund if you are youth; Women Gender Directorate if a woman; and, certification from National Council for Persons with Disability if you are a person with disability. Register the enterprise with the National Treasury in Nairobi or any County Treasury office. PPOA shall publish the names of all registered groups in the PPOA website (ppoa.go.ke). Visit any public entity of the National or County Governments anywhere in the country to seek for procurement opportunities. Public entities may advertise procurement opportunities in their respective websites, notice boards or local dailies which may also be published in the PPOA website (tenders.go.ke). Contact PPOA for any clarifications on matters that arise out of your interactions with the public entities on this issue. You are not required to submit a Tender Security in order to participate in the procurement process but you shall sign a Tender Security Declaration Form provided for in the tender documents which will bind you to perform the service once awarded the contract(s). Failure to adhere to the terms of the Form shall make you liable to Debarment pursuant to Section 115 of the Public procurement and Disposal Act, 2005. PPOA shall publish the list of the disadvantaged groups who have been registered for easy access by public entities. If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the procurement proceeding, you may lodge your complaint to the Director General (PPOA) or file a review with the Secretary Public Procurement Administrative Review Board within 10 calendar days after notification of award of contract. You shall benefit from this preference and reservation scheme for a period of five years renewable once only. PIN REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Individuals Requirement Kenyan Citizen (Residing in or outside Kenya ) - National Identity Card Non Kenya Citizen (Residing in Kenya) Work permit or investors permit AND Alien registration number. Non Kenya Citizen (Residing outside Kenya) Original Passport, Pin number of a Kenyan director or agent. Applicant must be available to undergo a background check. Diplomat (Residing in Kenya) Diplomatic card number and Passport Limited Company Limited Company or Partnership (Resident in Kenya) Certificate of registration and Personal identification numbers(PIN) of at least two directors or partners Limited Company or Partnership (Resident outside Kenya) Certificate of compliance Number and Personal identification numbers (PIN) of at least two directors or partners Non-Government Organization Non-government Organization, etc. Certificate of registration-------->>Courtesy
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:48:26 +0000
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