October 2015

The CUCK Principal Prof Douglas Shitanda and CUCK’s Institute of Co-operative Development, Director Prof. Esther Gicheru attends the African Co-operative Ministerial Conference, Gaborone; Botswana, from the 11-15th October, 2015. The Ministers’ Conference brings together governments and Co-operative movement leaders to take stock of the achievements made so far. The objective of bringing government and co-operative leaders together is to take stock of the achievements made based on the resolutions of the 10th African co-operative ministerial conference held in Kigali Rwanda and also deliberate on how best the advantages of the co-operative business model can be harnessed to contribute towards the AU agenda 2063 and to engage with the government’s to achieve this objective. The theme of the conference is ‘contribution of co-operatives to AU Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. The proceedings of the ICA Africa, Cooperative Ministers Meeting, Prof. Shitanda served as the Programme director during the first day of the conference while Prof. Gicheru led a group session on Reviving Pan Africanism and the vision for African Renaissance using the Co-operative Identity.

The University College in its obligations to promote the 30% uptake of procurement opportunities, under youth, women and people with disabilities, wish to encourage the registration of firms, that have acquired, the relevant certificates from the National Treasury, to forward their applications the University College Procurement Department, for registration to be able to participate in the tendering proceedings as and when required, the requirements for registration are as follows: Certificate of incorporation Pin certificate Tax compliance certificate Provide Certificate under any of the following categories: (a)Disadvantaged group- (Women) (b)Youth Access to Government procurement opportunities (YAGPO)   (c)Persons living with Disabilities (PLD)