By John Njue
Mwingi North constituency has received sh.27 million Uwezo fund, MP John Munuve has said. Speaking at the Kyuso Gospel Outreach church ground during the ordination of church reverend Isaac Kithome into Bishop.
Munuve said that he had constituted a committee to allocate that money to successful groups. He therefore asked traders, youth and women to apply for the funds.
The government of Kenya released a total of Sh5.35 billion out of the total Sh6 billions that was approved by the Kenya parliament. The rest will be used for capacity building and administration cost.
Some of the factors that were considered in allocation of funds to different constituencies are constituency population, constituency poverty headcount, and contribution to national poverty.
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.
