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Requirements for applying to the Uwezo
Fund
1. The youth or women group should be
registered with the Department of Social
Services or the Registrar of Societies with a
membership of 9 – 15 members. A Certified
copy of Registration Certificate will be
required.
2. The youth group membership must be
between 18 and 35 years of age.
3. Preference will be granted to groups that
have been in existence for at least six (6)
months. Minutes of group meetings will be
required.
4. The groups should be based and operating
within the Constituency it seeks to make an
application for consideration for a loan from
the Uwezo Fund.
5. The group should operate a table banking
(Chama) structure where members make
monthly contributions according to the
groups’ internal guidelines. Evidence of
monthly contributions will be required.
6. The group should hold a bank account in
the name of the group. Bank statements will
be required.
7. They should be recommended by the Chief
of the location.
8. Photocopies of IDs and PINs of all the
members will be required.
9. List of members that include their ID card
numbers and telephone numbers.
How to apply for the Uwezo Fund
1. Sign up for Capacity Building Programme
once launched and ensure you get a
certificate.
2. Ensure that you meet the eligibility
criteria
3. Fill an application form. Download the
Uwezo Fund Application Form here or get it
at the Constituency Uwezo Fund Management
Committee office.
4. Submit the application form together with
relevant documents to the Uwezo Fund
Management Committee within your
constituency
5. Await notification of the Uwezo Fund
Management committee

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Beneficiaries of Sh5.3b Uwezo
Fund to undergo capacity
building
Updated Monday, June 9th 2014 at 23:46 GMT
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Kenya: The Government will offer capacity
building training for all groups benefiting from
the first phase of the Sh5.35 billion Uwezo
Fund. This will be done before the 290
constituency committees release the cash.
Currently, Constituency Uwezo Fund
committees, which have already received
allocations from the Fund’s management
board, are carrying out the vetting process of
groups that applied for funding.
“After the vetting process, successful groups
will be vetted and corded before the lists are
forwarded to our head office to facilitate
capacity building programme,” said Uwezo
Fund Chief Executive Wilfred Buyema. “The
Government is already seeking consultants to
undertake the capacity building programme.”
Mr Buyema noted that the Board has not given
the constituency committees specific timelines
on concluding the vetting process, adding that
committees require adequate time to do work
that is above board. Buyema said even
unsuccessful groups will also be helped to
meet the necessary requirements and be
positioned to benefit from subsequent
allocations.
“There is no logic in locking out unsuccessful
group. For example, those who may have failed
in making good business plans will be assisted
to overcome such a challenge and benefit from
future allocations,” added Buyema.
He said the fund’s main objective is to ensure
more youth; women and people with
disabilities benefit more and are also helped to
improve on their economic status at the
personal level. This, he noted will boost the
country’s economy.
The Government through the Ministry of
Devolution and National Planning recently
released the Sh5.35 billion out of the Sh6
billion that was approved by Parliament for the
financial year 2013/2014. The Uwezo Board
has already disbursed the funds to
constituencies as stipulated in the Public
Finance Management (Uwezo fund) Regulations
2014. Uwezo Fund is a revolving kitty, which
guarantees Sh6 billion being set aside in every
financial year.
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MPs in the country’s 290 constituencies play a
pivotal role in the Uwezo Fund, aside from
being the funds patron in their respective
constituencies. MPs are also expected to
nominate representative of each ward in the
constituency to sit in the Constituency Uwezo
Fund Management Committee as well as create
awareness to the public on the Fund, mandate
provided for in the regulations.
Uwezo chief executive observed that an initial
equal allocation of Sh13.84 million was
disbursed to all the 290 constituencies. Other
factors determining allocation are the poverty
index of a region as ascertained by the Kenya
National Bureau of statistics, constituency
population, Constituency poverty headcount
and contribution to national poverty.
Buyema said the board has earmarked a series
of sensitisation activities across the country to
educate the public on the issues concerning
the fund.
Already, road shows have been held in Uasin-
Gishu and Elgeyo-Marakwet counties, which
the next destination being Machakos county
beginning this week. In Nairobi County,
members of the Fund committees from 10
constituencies have also been trained on
modalities of the vetting process and prudence
in management of the fund.
Buyema noted their training organised by
Nairobi CDF fund managers mostly centred on
monitoring and evaluation and their actual
roles in the fund disbursement process.
“Uwezo Fund is the only revolving fund
without interest as opposed to youth Fund
which charges a five per cent management fee
on beneficiaries," said Buyema. “The fund is
also not limited to the youth groups but
incorporates women and persons with
disability,” he added.
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