STATUS OF PROCESSING OF CDI CONCEPT NOTE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY 9TH JUNE 2011

We wish to inform the applicants and their partners

who submitted their Concept Note Applications

for the CDI 2011 Call for Proposals (CfP) that, 

the opening and administrative check on the Concept Note 

Application forms has been completed and the forms 

are now undergoing assessment and verification of eligibility. 

The results so far are as follows:

Total No. of applications received 9,919
Total No of Applications that met the CfP closure deadline 9,580
Total No. of Applications that did not meet the CfP closure deadline 339

Communication has already been sent to all 2,492 applicants whose

applications were not accepted after admin check. 

We request the rest of the public to wait for further information 

which shall be communicated once the current processing is complete by

November 2011.

email: ddotesosouth@gmail.com

BUSSINESS PROFILES

1.1.1        Granites and sand harvesting

The availability of granite rocks comprises the landscape at Amukura and Chelelemuk hills. These have the potential for building stones, and ballast. Currently they are being exploited on a small scale by the locals to raise their incomes. Sand harvesting is also carried out along rivers in the constituency though at a small scale.

1.1.2        Rice Milling and Packaging

Rice production in the constituency is practiced as a food and cash crop as well.  Varieties doing well in the constituency include NERICAS 4, 5, 10 & 11, .Pakistan, Local, IR, Dorado, China, Pishori and Kaeso local variety from Uganda. A reliable rainfall and availability of swampy areas in the southern part of the constituency favors the crop. Currently the crop is produced at a small scale level but area under coverage and number of farmers engaged in the farming is increasing. Stop the exports of cheap unprocessed rice to Uganda. *Construction and Installation of Milling Machines

Kshs. 60 Million

1.1.3        Palm oil- Extraction

Oil –Palm is an emerging cash crop enterprise in our Constituency. It was first introduced at Kari –Alupe in Teso South in 1993 on trial basis for the purpose of selecting the most suitable varieties for our Agro- climatic Zone.

The enterprise has a very high future as a cash crop under oil crops in our Constituency and in Busia County.

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1.1.4        Garbage and clearing services

Garbage and clearing services in Malaba town are not adequately provided. This is due to poor drainage and sewer systems occasioned by poor urban planning. The raising urban population in the town has worsened the situation leading to poor wastage disposal. As a result cases of disease outbreaks related to poor hygiene are frequently reported.

1.1.5        Hotel, accommodation and catering services

With the advent of the devolved government, activities and functions that demand for facilities such as, conference halls, hotels, residential houses and recreational services are bound to increase. Currently, the existing facilities do not meet the demand and most of the events that require such services are referred to neighboring constituencies.

1.1.6        Flour Milling and Packaging

Diverse cereals crops such as Maize, cassava, millet, and sorghum grown in Teso by farmers across the Constituency. To increase market access and demand for the cereals, establishment of the value addition chain platforms should be employed. There is enough production of the crops across to be contituency. 

DISTRICT PROFILE

Teso South District is one of the 31^st Districts which make Western Province. The neighboring Districts include Bumula on the East, Teso North on the North, Nambale on the East South, Busia on the South and the Republic of Uganda on the Western border it. The district occupies an area of 290.8 square kilometers of arable land – which by the 2009 population census hosted a total of 137,924 persons.

Given that the estimated annual growth rate is 2.8%, it is projected that the district’s population has risen to 145,870 persons during the year 2011.Since 2008 when Teso South was established as a district- having been carved from the former greater Teso District, the district has continued to exercise, entrench, and fast track its core function- to hasten development while at the same time bringing services closer to the people.           

The Busia border post falls in Busia Municipality which also covers Southern part of Teso. As a result, there are additional challenges occasioned by the exposure to the socio-economic dynamics that come with truck movements and stoppage.