28 | NEWSFOCUS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 27 November 06, 2018 www.mygov.go.ke WORDS OF WISDOM the sciences and physical education. She remains physically active, taking regular walks with her husband. While teaching at a boys’ secondary school, Were noticed that many students were often too sick to learn. She would send them to City Council clinics where they were always prescribed aspirin. Tired of seeing sick children treated so casually, Were quit teaching and enrolled for medicine at the University of Nairobi. Balancing family life and study would have been a challenge, but for her experience in preparing lessons. • For Kenya to survive and thrive there must be willingness to sacrifice for somebody’s well-being. • We have to build both our men and women so we don’t have disempowered people. • The main obstacle to companionship and happy marriages is disempowered partners. • I hope we can raise a generation of young people who understand that when you give, God does not forget you. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION STATE DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING (NCB) The Government has identified a goal to facilitate the growth of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in line with Vision 2030. The overall goal of the Ministry of Education (MOE) is to provide equal access to quality education irrespective of socio-economic status. This is in recognition that education has a critical role in preparation of Kenyans to meet requirements of a middle income knowledge-based economy by the year 2030. The Government of the Republic of Kenya has therefore established a budget line towards construction of 30 proposed Technical and Vocational Colleges (TVCs) in 3rd phase. It is intended that part of the proceeds of these funds will be applied to eligible payments under contracts for construction of 15 proposed TVCs in Kenya in the 1st batch. The Ministry of Education, now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the construction of 15 proposed TVCs in Kenya as follows:NO TENDER NO. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. MOE-VTT/TVET/1/ 2018 -2019 MOE-VTT/TVET/2/ 2018-2019 MOE-VTT /TVET/3/ 2018 -2019 MOE-VTT /TVET/4/ 2018 -2019 MOE-VTT /TVET/5/ 2018 -2019 MOE-VTT /TVET/6/ 2018 -2019 MOE-VTT /TVET/7/ 2018 -2019 MOE-VTT /TVET/8/ 2018 -2019 MOE-VTT /TVET/9/ 2018 -2019 10. MOE-VTT /TVET/10/ 2018 -2019 11. MOE-VTT /TVET/11/ 2018 -2019 12. MOE-VTT /TVET/12/ 2018 -2019 13. MOE-VTT /TVET/13/ 2018 -2019 14. MOE-VTT /TVET/14/ 2018 -2019 15. MOE-VTT /TVET/15/ 2018 -2019 TENDER DESCRIPTION Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Khwisero Technical and Vocational College– Kakamega County (Khwisero Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Mt. Elgon Technical and Vocational College – Bungoma County (Mt. Elgon Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Githunguri Technical and Vocational College – Kiambu County (Githunguri Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Ruiru Technical and Vocational College – Kiambu County (Ruiru Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Gilgil Technical and Vocational College – Nakuru County (Gilgil Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Lafey Technical and Vocational College – Mandera County (Lafey Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Kitui East Technical and Vocational College – Kitui County (Kitui East Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Kigumo Technical and Vocational College – Murang’a County (Kigumo Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Rarieda Technical and Vocational College – Siaya County (Rarieda Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Eldas Technical and Vocational College –Wajir County (Eldas Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Ol’Kalou Technical and Vocational College – Nyandarua County (Ol’Kalou Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Mbeere North Technical and Vocational College – Embu County (Mbeere North Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Kacheliba Technical and Vocational College – West Pokot County (Kacheliba Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Kitutu Chache South Technical and Vocational College – Kisii County (Kitutu Chache South Constituency) Proposed erection and completion of twin workshop, classrooms and offices block (2-storey) for the proposed Yatta Technical and Vocational College – Machakos County (Yatta Constituency) MENTORING INSTITUTION Bumbe TTI Kisiwa TTI Kabete National Polytechnic Kabete National Polytechnic Nairobi TTI Mandera TTI Wote TTI Michuki TTI Kisumu National Polytechnic Mandera TTI Nairobi TTI Rwika TTI Ziwa TTI Kisii National Polytechnic Machakos TTI Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the office of the Head of Supply Chain Management Services, of the respective Mentoring Institutions. A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by interested bidders upon payment of a non-refundable fee of KES 1,000.00 to the Respective Mentoring institutions, Cash Offices, and collect the bidding documents at the respective Mentoring institutions as from Tuesday, 6th may be collected by bidders in soft copy only from respective Mentoring institutions where necessary. Bids must be delivered to the office of the Head of the respective Mentoring Institutions on or before 27th November 2018 at 10.00 a.m. (Local Time) and must be accompanied by a bid security of one million Kenya shillings (KES 1,000,000.00). Note that :• • • • The bid security shall be in the form of a bank guarantee or an insurance guarantee from the insurance firms approved by PPRA, valid for 150 days. Youth, Women and Persons with Disability are encouraged to apply. Funding: Government of Kenya (Phase 3). This procurement shall be undertaken in accordance with the provisions of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015 and its Regulations. Bids shall be opened in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend on 27th November 2018 at 10.00 a.m. (Local Time) at the respective Mentoring Institutions. Head Supply Chain Management Services For: PRINCIPAL SECRETARY November, 2018. Design drawings KENYA RURAL ROADS AUTHORITY _______Opening up Rural Kenya_______ TENDER NOTICE TENDER NO. KeRRA/011/38/17/2018-2019 PROVISION OF INSURANCE SERVICES FOR GROUP PERSONAL ACCIDENT, GROUP LIFE ASSURANCE & WORK INJURY BENEFITS Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) invites sealed tenders from eligible Insurance firms for provision of Insurance services for Group Life, Group Personal Accident and Work Injury benefits for a period of one-year renewable for another 12 months subject to satisfactory performance. Detailed information and tender documents can be downloaded free of charge from our website www.Kerra.go.ke and/or www. tenders.go.ke. Interested eligible tenderers may obtain further information and inspect the tender documents from Procurement Office, Blue Shield Towers 5th Floor, Hospital Road, Upper Hill Nairobi during normal office working hours (08:00 to 17:00 hours Mondays to Fridays) Bidders are allowed to bid for several sites, however only a maximum of 2 sites shall be awarded to a bidder and must be registered as a building contractor at NCA 5 and above. (Electrical and mechanical sub contractors must meet the minimum qualification as provided in the document.) Provide agreements with the subcontractors for purpose of this tender. Completed tender documents duly serialized and enclosed in separate plain sealed envelopes and clearly marked with specific tender number and tender name, should be deposited in the Tender Box located at Blue Shield Towers, 6th Floor, Hospital Road, Upper Hill Nairobi or be addressed and sent to: Director General Kenya Rural Roads Authority P.O. Box 48151 – 00100 6th Floor Blue Shield Towers, Hospital Road, Upper Hill NAIROBI. so as to be received on or before 28th November, 2018 at 11.00 am local time. Late bids will be rejected. Tenders will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend Procurement Manager For DIRECTOR GENERAL Medical school was not as difficult as her first degree, she says. When she became Dr Were after graduating, she realised that doctors were overwhelmed with work. They were too few to meet patient demand. She wept for each patient that died. Every morning at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (today’s Mbagathi District Hospital), she had to sign death certificates of five or six children who had died during the night. She was distressed that most deaths were from preventable diseases like diarrhoea and malaria. Tired of signing death certificates, she decided to promote public health. She embarked on postgraduate studies in this field in the US. It helped that she had been the best student in medical school. However, public health was frowned upon in the medical fraternity as not academically challenging, not prestigious and not lucrative. “People feel you’re wasting your life on malaria and diarrhoea.” Her response to this outlook is that she did not mind wasting her life if it kept children alive. She graduated and returned to Kenya where she initiated the first Master of Public Health programme at the University of Nairobi; the first class graduated in 1985. She rose to become the head of the department of community medicine at the university. An unexpected opportunity then arose. Her efforts to improve community health had been noticed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) boss, who recruited her as soon as her first class had graduated. “I explained to him that I was married with five young children. He then offered my husband a position in their nutrition department.” The couple was posted to Ethiopia. Were describes the UNICEF jobs as providential. Their firstborn had just finished her A-levels and they were wondering how to finance her university education. As civil servants, they had no savings and often took bank overdrafts to pay school fees. As UN staff, they were now eligible for education grants, which saw their children through their undergraduate studies. She always believed in giving even when the family was experiencing hardship. With her qualifications, her salary was hefty, but her priority was to uplift others through better health and education rather than indulge their children. Were and her husband used savings from their UN engagement to found Uzima Foundation in the 1990s out of concern for disadvantaged youth, many with zero access to education.
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