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WELCOME TO UWEZO FUND WEBSITE

Uwezo Fund is a flagship programme for vision 2030 aimed at enabling women, youth and persons with disabilities access finances to promote businesses and enterprises at the constituency level, thereby enhancing economic growth towards the realization of the same and the Sustainable Development Goals No.1 (eradicate extreme poverty and hunger) and 3 (promote gender equality and empower women). The Fund is highly devolved and adopted the concept of bottom-up approach with decision making done at the grass-root level.

The Fund was established vide Legal Notice No. 21 of 21st February, 2014 – Public Finance Management (Uwezo Fund) Regulations, 2014 and was launched by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya on 8th September 2013.

Since inception, the Fund has disbursed more than Kshs 7.2 billion and directly supported 1,124,221 beneficiaries of which 69% are Female and 31% Male through provision of affordable and accessible credit, capacity building on entrepreneurship skills, basics on book keeping and market linkages and networking.

Overall, the absorption rate in the constituencies averages at 107.5%, indicating very impressive uptake of the Fund, with over Kshs. 1.5B having been revolved. In addition, the Fund has recorded a cumulative repayment of Kshs. 2.65 billion since its inception which translates to 40% repayment rate.

VISION

A Fund of excellence in the socialEquitable social economic transformation of the youth, women and persons with disabilities

 

Our Vision

Equitable social economic transformation of the youth ......

MISSION

To provide accessible and affordable credit, capacity enhancement, market linkages to youth, women and people with disabilities for sustainable enterprises.

Our Mission

To provide accessible and affordable credit, capacity enhancement.......

CORE VALUES

Equity and Equality

Honesty and Integrity

Transparency and Accountability

Innovativeness and Creativity

Professionalism

Teamwork

Our Core Values

Equity and Equality........

ACHIEVEMENTS

Cumulative disbursement (Kshs)


7,230,308,489

TOTAL GROUPS FUNDED: 79,274

50,842

Women Groups

26,409

Youth Groups

2,023

PWD Groups

1,126,729

789,277

Female

337,452

Male

PARTNERS

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