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    "content": "Procurement Opportunities Portal to provide real time data on the number of beneficiaries, tenders awarded and their volumes. iv. For the year 2017/2018, First Quarter Reports are being submitted to the National Treasury and analysis of the same is ongoing. Thus, we are unable to report for this period 2. For statement number two, which had requested that we explain the measures put in place by the Government to encourage PWDs, women and youth to participate in the Government tenders the following measures have been put in place to facilitate participation of PWDs, women and youth in Government tenders: i. The national Treasury has enhanced the registration, prequalification, certification of youth, women and PWDs entrepreneurs into the AGPO programme. To date, a total of 74,040 AGPO certificates have been issued to this category group since inception. Youth entrepreneurs have been issued with 42,565 certificates, representing 57.49 per cent; while women entrepreneurs have been issued with 28,230 certificates, representing 38.13 per cent; and PWDs entrepreneurs have been issued with 3,245 certificates representing 4.38 per cent. ii. The national Treasury has posted AGPO registration officers to 46 Huduma Centres across the country and plans are underway to ensure AGPO services are available at all Huduma Centres. iii. The National Treasury is in the process of re-engineering the AGPO Portal to efficiently offer AGPO online services. Once complete, the website will be able to internally generate AGPO certificates, provide linkage with the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Registrar of Companies, National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) and the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) as the key AGPO related service providers. Procuring entities will also be able to send their AGPO reports and procurement plans online. iv. AGPO online registration has been activated and youth, women and PWDs entrepreneurs can register at the comfort of their homes without having to visit Government offices. v. Online business registration has also been put in place through E-Citizen in collaboration with the Registrar of Businesses and Companies, and these categories of groups do not need to travel to Nairobi to register their businesses. vi. Continuous training and capacity building of the special interest groups has been ongoing across the country. During the 2016/2017 Financial Year, 5,792 youth, women and PWDs entrepreneurs were trained on Government procurement processes in partnership with other stakeholders, such as the UN Women, county governments and State agencies. vii. The National Treasury strictly monitors the implementation of 30 per cent public procurement preference and reservation for youth, women and PWDs entrepreneurs by the procuring entities to ensure compliance. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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