There have been some major milestones throughout the process of implementing the second component:
Biashara Center
Milestone | Status/ Completion Date |
Business process mapping report: National government priority services drafted | Delayed |
Access road to Biashara/Huduma Centre upgraded (ILO) | Delayed |
Biashara/Huduma Centre governance and operating model (GOM) developed | Completed (March 2022) |
MoU template between relevant agencies and Ministry of Trade, Gender and Youth Affairs developed | Completed (June 2022) |
Biashara/Huduma Centre steering committee established and internal procedures and protocols for the committee developed | Completed (June 2022) |
Terms of reference for Biashara/Huduma Centre staff (Manager, Information Officer, and Office Assistant) developed | Completed (June 2022) |
Standard operating procedures for Biashara/Huduma Centre developed | Completed (June 2022) |
Ministerial orders to support implementation of GOM issued and Gazettement of the establishment of the Kakuma Biashara Centre and appointment of the Centre steering committee | Completed (April 2023) |
Relevant MoUs (with NGOs, banks, KNCCI) signed | September - December 2023) |
Biashara/Huduma Centre steering committee appointed | Completed (April 2023) |
Biashara/Huduma Centre staff (Manager, Office Assistant, and Information Officer) appointed | Completed (April 2023) |
Refurbishment of Biashara/Huduma Centre completed and all utilities installed and handover of the Centre to TCG by UNHCR. | Completed (May 2023) |
Equipment for Biashara/Huduma Centre procured and installed, installed and handover of the Centre to TCG by UNHCR. | Completed (May 2023) |
Official launch of Biashara Centre | Completed (May 2023) |
Special account opened for Biashara Centre by TCG | Completed (June 2023) |
Assessment of post-launch Biashara operations, analysis of inefficiencies and shortcomings | Completed (June 2023) |
Kakuma Huduma Centre assessment by Huduma Kenya Secretariat | Planned (August – October 2023) |
Huduma Kenya Secretariat decision to participate in the Kakuma Biashara/Huduma centre | Delayed |
Business process mapping report: National government priority services drafted | Delayed |
Launch of the Huduma Centre | Delayed |
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Turkana County Investment Promotion Portal
Milestone | Status/Completion Date |
IP portal system | IP sensitization leadership workshop | Completed (February 2023) |
External stakeholder awareness of IP Portal | Completed (March 2023) |
Public IP portal launch (https://invest.turkana.go.ke/) | Completed (March 2023) |
One-year post-implementation support | Completed (June 2023) |
One-year post-implementation support | Completed (June 2023) |
IP Portal handover | Planned (July 2023) |
Legal framework | Cabinet approval of IP Corporation Bill, 2023 | Completed (February 2023) |
Enactment of IP Corporation Bill, 2023 | Planned (December 2023) |
Capacity building | Investment Promotion and IP Portal refresher session | Planned (July 2023) |