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BARINGO TRADE DEVELOPMENT JOINT LOAN BOARD SCHEME AND BARINGO COUNTY SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES FUND;

  • Provides loans to indigenous small scale traders.
  • Must be in business for at least 6 months
  • Must be owner/manager
  • In premises location.
  • Dealing in goods and services sector
  • Light industry, i.e Jua kali artisans
  • Amount: Between Kshs. 20,000 and 300,000 w.e.f. 18th November, 2013 for JLB scheme & the same for SMEs Fund
  • Interest rate 8% p.a on reducing balance.
  • Grace period - one month
  • Repayment period - 12 to 24 months.
  • Loan must be secured.
  • It is a revolving fund.

Other activities of the division

  1. Training of loan beneficiaries; To sensitize them on loan management and record keeping.
  2. Public Barazas (Business interactive Forums); To sensitize public on trade matters and the activities we undertake.
  3. Producer Business Groups;

We encourage formation of Producer Business Groups in their various sectors in order to have better bargaining power for their produce and explore wider markets as a group as compared to an individual.

Retail and wholesale Businesses census;

  • Implementation of the National Trade policy at County level

The department also carries out census of these businesses to establish whether there is expansion or shrinking of the businesses in the county.

v) Profiling Businesses and Investment opportunities;

This is done to establish a data bank of all business opportunities in the county so to publicize the same to potential investors and the public in general

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