BUSINESS & TENDERS UGANDA WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME (UWEP) Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Simbamanyo House, Plot 2, George Street. P.O Box 7136, Kampala Tel: 041-4 343572/ 0414 699219/ 0414 699220, Facebook: @uwep.mglsd ON THE OCCASION TO MARK THE International Women’s Day, 2021 H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni HON. Frank K. Tumwebaze HON. Mutuuzo Peace Regis Aggrey David Kibenge Winifred Komuhangi Masiko THE PRESIDENT OF THE MINISTER OF GENDER, LABOUR MINISTER OF STATE FOR PERMANENT SECRETARY National Programme REPUBLIC OF UGANDA AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GENDER AND CULTURE Coordinator - UWEP Programme Background: h) The group approach has given Women an opportunity to improve Over the years, majority of women in Uganda have been disenfranchised knowledge and skill through mentoring each other. The greater from the formal business sector due to limited access to affordable involvement of the Women in mobilization, sensitization, prioritization credit, limited technical knowledge on business entrepreneurship and and planning for their needs, implementation and monitoring and management, limited access to markets as well as information regarding evaluation of Programme activities has created a sense of business opportunities. To address that problem, Government of Uganda empowerment and confidence to take charge of their destiny. in the FY 2015/2016 initiated the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) with a core goal of empowering Ugandan women to improve their income levels and their contribution to economic development. The overall goal of the programme, derived from the outcomes of the fifth UN sustainable development goal, can only be achieved by attaining the following strategic objectives; 1) strengthening the capacity of women for entrepreneurship development, 2) provision of affordable credit and support access to other financial services to enable women Chemwenoi Onion growing and selling group in Kapchorwa establish and grow their business enterprises, 3) facilitating women’s Municipality access to markets for their products and services, 4) promotion of access to appropriate technologies for production and value addition, BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAMME and 5) strengthening programme management and coordination. The immediate benefits arising out of UWEP include the following: a) Increased access to affordable credit by women, in this regard, 166,742 Target Beneficiaries women have accessed credit to initiate, manage and expand their The primary target beneficiaries of the Programme are women within the enterprises. age bracket of 18-79 years. The assumption is that those beyond 79 years b) Financial inclusion of women. To date, 13,803 women groups have will be catered for under the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment group bank accounts that were opened to access UWEP funds. With Bakyala Tukole Tailoring Group located in Namugongo Division, Kira (SAGE) Programme. Since the Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) the routine of having to deal with the bank in terms of transactions, Municipality targets young women aged 18 – 30 years (the Programme guidelines this has exposed many of the rural women to financial systems hence stipulate that 30% of the Youth Interest Group members should be improving their financial literacy. female), the female youth already benefiting from YLP are not considered c) Acquisition of assets. The women that have benefited from the as beneficiaries for UWEP. The Programme as much as possible Programme have been able to acquire assets such as domestic promotes the integration of the following categories of women as animals; 59.7%, mattresses; 54.5%, phones; 51.9%, beds; 28.3%. In beneficiaries: addition the Programme has enabled women to acquire assets such • Unemployed women. as land; 1.1% and houses; 0.8%. • Vulnerable Groups e.g. Single young mothers, Widows and Gender- d) Women have reported increased incomes as evidenced by their ability based Violence (GBV) survivors. to pay school fees, access to health services and improved nutrition. • Women with Disabilities. e) The Programme has also helped women create opportunities for • Women living with HIV/AIDS. direct self-employment and over 587,755 dependents have benefit • Women heading households. through multiplier effects at household and community level. • Women slum dwellers. f) Enhanced knowledge and skills. The women beneficiaries have • Women living in hard to reach areas, and, acquired skills in various disciplines such as, basic financial • Ethnic minorities. management, record keeping, entrepreneurship, procurement, group dynamics and marketing among others, which is aiding mindset Remarkable achievements have since been registered as indicated change. Kwewayo Women’s group located in Luwero district makes wine out below:- of different fruits. FINANCING OF WOMEN PROJECTS AS AT 28TH-FEB-2021 TOTAL NUMBER OF PROJECTS FINANCED 13,803 TOTAL NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES 166,742 TOTAL AMOUNT DISBURSED 85,432,213,239 DISBURSEMENTS BY COMPONENT AS AT 28TH FEB-2021 AMOUNT N0 OF N0 OF COMPONENT DISBURSED PROJECTS WOMEN % SKILLS & CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT 4,091,672,900 691 6,883 4.8% WOMEN ENTERPRISE FUND 81,340,540,339 13,112 159,859 95.2% GRAND TOTAL 85,432,213,239 13,803 166,742 Recovery of Funds Pader Women Shea Butter Group showcasing their products Kakasiita bakyara twebiseho women group in Rukungiri District By the end of December 2020, the Programme had recovered a total of Shs18.5 Billion out of Shs23.3 Billion that was due. This translates into a g) At a macro-level, the Programme is making a contribution towards Future Programme Plans 79.5% recovery rate. An amount totaling to Shs9.9 billion has been enhancing import substitution and export promotion through - Improve access to appropriate technology for value addition. revolved back to finance new groups. financing of projects in grain milling, fruit drying and processing, shear - Facilitate supported projects to graduate to the Small and Media A total of 518 women groups have repaid 100% of the funds advanced to butter processing, wine making, liquid soap making, agricultural feed Enterprises them. the best three performing districts in terms of recovered funds as production, metal fabrication, food processing, tie and dye, - Strengthen market access through innovative approaches including at 31st December, 2020 include Sembabule, Kasese and Kyegegwa. manufacturing of leather products such as shoes, and bags among the use of ICT. Those that were trailing included Kalaki, Kassanda and Bukwo. others. UGANDA WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME (UWEP) Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development DISBURSEMENTS PER DISTRICT AS AT 28TH FEB 2021 AMOUNT N0 OF AMOUNT N0 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISBURSED (UGX) PROJECTS N0 OF WOMEN DISBURSED (UGX) PROJECTS N0 OF WOMEN 1 ABIM DISTRICT 217,779,585 21 277 90 KOBOKO MUNICIPALITY 280,558,004 40 480 2 ADJUMANI DISTRICT 485,045,079 68 950 91 KOLE DISTRICT 645,691,493 97 1,210 3 AGAGO DISTRICT LG 520,217,300 71 1,010 92 KOTIDO DISTRICT 592,815,556 124 1,921 4 ALEBTONG DISTRICT 596,329,000 75 1,074 93 KOTIDO MUNICIPALITY 491,819,237 85 958 5 AMOLATAR DISTRICT 559,850,500 81 1,043 94 KUMI DISTRICT 526,642,500 119 1,423 6 AMUDAT DISTRICT 513,728,500 73 939 95 KUMI MUNICIPALITY 257,402,500 44 469 7 AMURIA DISTRICT 251,707,600 49 664 96 KWANIA DISTRICT 267,727,000 36 498 8 AMURU DISTRICT 566,529,200 85 1,154 97 KWEEN DISTRICT 393,239,439 109 1,153 9 APAC DISTRICT 461,415,800 64 841 98 KYANKWANZI DISTRICT 432,485,550 45 438 10 APAC MUNICIPALITY 365,253,613 52 613 99 KYEGEGWA DISTRICT 720,978,000 92 1,152 11 ARUA DISTRICT 721,992,436 121 1,766 100 KYENJOJO DISTRICT 798,079,500 132 1,553 12 ARUA MUNICIPALITY 92,840,000 11 145 101 KYOTERA DISTRICT 604,911,204 89 943 13 BUDAKA DISTRICT 465,762,094 118 1,569 102 LAMWO DISTRICT 413,737,500 104 1,485 14 BUDUDA DISTRICT 402,473,000 58 680 103 LIRA DISTRICT 669,565,261 127 1,702 15 BUGIRI DISTRICT 617,337,300 112 1,351 104 LIRA MUNICIPALITY 326,760,000 56 699 16 BUGIRI MUNICIPALITY 267,712,000 44 470 105 LUGAZI MUNICIPALITY 235,627,476 38 398 17 BUGWERI DISTRICT 353,996,000 48 474 106 LUUKA DISTRICT 294,266,000 71 849 18 BUHWEJU DISTRICT 431,420,500 95 1,053 107 LUWERO DISTRICT 620,368,256 99 1,216 19 BUIKWE DISTRICT 332,734,000 56 607 108 LWENGO DISTRICT 443,325,218 61 764 20 BUKEDEA DISTRICT 648,452,104 117 1,438 109 LYANTONDE DISTRICT 488,629,000 87 825 21 BUKOMANSIMBI DISTRICT 430,893,500 65 688 110 MADI-OKOLLO DISTRICT 191,995,700 29 407 22 BUKWO DISTRICT 405,925,000 98 977 111 MAKINDYE SSABAGABO MUNICIPALITY 820,741,614 112 1,282 23 BULAMBULI DISTRICT 570,834,900 102 1,218 112 MANAFWA DISTRICT 476,587,000 86 1,062 24 BULIISA DISTRICT 504,252,500 61 726 113 MARACHA DISTRICT 390,609,600 72 905 25 BUNDIBUGYO DISTRICT 600,000,000 100 1,396 114 MASAKA DISTRICT 490,010,529 68 813 26 BUNYANGABU DISTRICT 637,018,148 103 1,244 115 MASAKA MUNICIPALITY 217,266,207 58 651 27 BUSHENYI DISTRICT 584,203,384 92 1,006 116 MASINDI DISTRICT 477,506,000 66 876 28 BUSHENYI ISHAKA MUNICIPALITY 202,885,500 36 378 117 MASINDI MUNICIPALITY 180,776,957 23 268 29 BUSIA DISTRICT 487,861,200 93 1,162 118 MAYUGE DISTRICT 771,009,000 150 1,899 30 BUSIA MUNICIPALITY 123,368,500 16 192 119 MBALE DISTRICT 735,479,400 88 1,058 31 BUTALEJJA DISTRICT 510,329,981 123 1,531 120 MBALE MUNICIPALITY 337,414,100 51 572 32 BUTAMBALA DISTRICT 117,389,000 19 210 121 MBARARA DISTRICT 688,252,925 101 1,195 33 BUTEBO DISTRICT 172,831,983 24 295 122 MBARARA MUNICIPALITY 217,917,000 31 357 34 BUVUMA DISTRICT 201,524,876