20 | NEWSFOCUS SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 www.mygov.go.ke Registration of births and deaths automated in Nairobi All records of births and deaths received from hospitals are first digitised ready for certification BY MUTISO MBITHI KNA-NAIROBI N airobi Regional Civil Registration Office has automated all births and deaths applications and cascaded its services to Huduma centres in the city. The automation has helped to decongest its headquarters at the ACK Bishops Garden Towers in Upper Hill, Nairobi, the Regional Coordinator for Civil Registration Services, Paul Mwangi Kagiri, said during an exclusive interview. Kagiri said the automation of all business processes for registration information storage and transmission exercise, which commenced in June this year entails processing all applications for birth and death certificates online. The coordinator recalled that since the inception of the National Education Management System (NEMIS) exercise early this year which made it mandatory for children joining primary school to have birth certificates, Nairobi County has issued over one million new birth certificates. This exercise, the coordinator said, exposed the Civil Registration offices at the Nairobi headquarters to a lot of congestion. This new system has removed brokers and middle men who con the public of their hard earned money while processing the documents for them - Paul Mwangi Kagiri Kagiri said that through the automation exercise, all records of births and deaths received from hospitals are first digitised ready for certification. “After cascading services to all Huduma centres in the city of Nairobi, applicants with notification slips for births and deaths are now able to present them to our registration officers in respective Huduma centres for issuance of respective documents instead of www.wasreb.go.ke MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, TRADE AND COOPERATIVES State Department For Industrialization REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) LICENSE FEES THE WATER ACT - (No. 43 of 2016) The Water Act 2016 Sections 89(1)(2) and 130 confers to Water Services Regulatory Board (Wasreb) powers to prescribe license fees payable by various licensees on issuance of the license and at prescribed intervals thereafter. Pursuant to Section 139 of the Act, Wasreb hereby gives notice to the general public that the fees specified in the following schedule has been prescribed by the Board as the amounts payable by the categories of licensees respectively, specified effective 1st November 2018. SCHEDULE OF FEES S/N Description-Category of licence fees Amount (Kshs) 1 Licence application fees: a) b) 2 3 4 5 6 Notes 1. 2. 3. 4. Issuance of Licence: Licence fees License Operation Fee (Regulatory Levy) Access to information/data fees Lodging of complaints and appeal Penalty for non-compliance Small and Medium WSPs Large and Very Large WSPs 75,000 100,000 0.1% of the Annual turnover (last audited accounts) 4% of WSPs turnover Monthly 1,000 1,000 2,000 Per set of information Per set of complaints and appeal Per day per item The purpose of the fees specified in the schedule is to facilitate the protection of the interest and rights of consumers in the provision of water and sanitation services. This will be achieved through setting of national standards for water service provision and asset development, licensing, monitoring compliance and enforcement of licence conditions. Each Water Service Provider shall on or before the fifteenth day of each month, have remitted to Wasreb the monthly licence fees in respect of the immediately preceding month. The manner of remittance of the once off fees shall be by way of payment in advance and monthly fees shall be by way of a standing order into an account of Wasreb established for the purpose in accordance with instructions issued by Wasreb. Where the Water Service Provider fails to remit any amount due and payable by way of monthly license fees on or before the date specified in the license, a penalty of Kshs. 2,000 per day shall be added to the amount due for each month or part thereof during which it remains unpaid. The public is invited to review the proposed license fees within the next thirty (30) days and submit written comments. Written comments should be addressed by letter or email to: Chief Executive Officer, Water Services Regulatory Board, P.O. Box 41621 – 00100 Nairobi. e-mail: tariffs@wasreb.go.ke or info@wasreb.go.ke The closing date for such comments shall be on 25th Chief Executive Officer Water Services Regulatory Board P.O Box 41621 - 00100 Nairobi Water Services for All October 2018. The shortlisting criteria are: 1. Proven track record of at least three assignments of similar nature and complexity (that is, organizational capacity assessment, SME strategy, performance-based contracting, or grant management for SMEs) during the last five years, ideally with a contract value of $1 million or more; 2. Minimum of 10 years’ experience undertaking consulting engagements focused on organizational capacity development, formulating performance plans focused on business operations, negotiating and managing performance based funding ideally with SMEs; 3. 4. Experience working with SMEs in an advisory capacity including networking with business associations, financial institutions and other industry players in the last five years; Experience in assessing SME performance and business plans through diagnostics, due diligences, or advisory work; and 5. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with government counterparts. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 and revised in November 2017 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. A Consultan t wil l b e selecte d i n accordanc e wit h th e Qualit y Base d Selectio n (QBS ) metho d se t ou t i n th e Procuremen t Regulations. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours i.e. 0800 to 1700 hours. Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 11th October, 2018, 1000 hours. The Principal Secretary Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives State Department for Industrialization Attn: Head / Supply Chain Management Services NSSF Building, Block A, Eastern Wing, 16th Floor P. O. Box 30547-00100, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254-(0)20-2731531/2-4 Fax: +254-(0)20-2731511 E-mail: kiep.industry@gmail.com Frequency On application On issuance Project Name: Kenya Industry and Entrepreneurship Project (KIEP) Credit No.: IDA 6260-KE Assignment Title: MANAGEMENT OF SUPPORT TO SMEs THROUGH CAPACITY ASSESSMENT AND PERFORMANCE BASED FUNDING Reference No.: KE-SDII-61548-CS-QBS The Government of Kenya has applied for financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Kenya Industry and Entrepreneurship Project (KIEP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services (“the Services”) include strengthening the local supply chains and productivity for Kenyan Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) to large companies through the use of diagnostic tools and subsequent competitively-awarded performance contracts to build their capacity to offer better quality services and more soundly pursue their own individual performance plans and operational objectives. The Project will primarily target SMEs with an annual turnover of between US$0.5 million to US$10 million. The program would like to increase the productivity and internal capabilities for innovation of select SMEs to significantly increase their competitiveness. The Project will be implemented over a period of six (6) years. The detailed terms of reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found in the following website: www.industrialization.go.ke The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, State Department for Industrialization now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultant”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. congesting the headquarters,” said the coordinator. He said rolling out the registration exercise to Huduma centres has helped applicants to minimise costs and the distance covered to travel to the Upper Hill registration of deaths and births hub. “By rolling out the automated registration system, we have been able to quicken the pace of issuing these vital documents while at the same expediting to capture all pending applications for the same documents,” said Kagiri. He further said the automation of registration services has helped to minimise the loss of vital records, hastened the process of sharing information between government agencies, streamlined record keeping, while facilitating customers to apply for birth and death certificates from any civil registration point expeditiously. This new system, Kagiri said, will enable applicants to apply for these vital documents personally instead of using brokers and middlemen. “This new system has removed brokers and middle men who con the public of their hard earned money while processing the documents for them”, said the coordinator. Meanwhile, to avoid inconveniences, Kagiri urged the public to ensure that they register all births taking place and obtain notification slips to expedite the online registration exercise.
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