NAME OF THE GROUP SOTIKI FOCUS EMPIRE YOUTH GROUP

PROJECT TITLE THE PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR POULTRY

FARMING BY SOTIKI FOCUS EMPIRE YOUTH
GROUP IN KURESOI SOUTH SUBCOUNTY,
NAKURU COUNTY, KENYA

PROJECT SPONSORS DEPUTY GOVERNOR, NAKURU COUNTY.

SUBMITTED ON 11TH MAY, 2019

CONTACT PERSON CHESANG ANASTASHA

+254 702 974 285
[email protected]

BUDGET ESTIMATE KSHS. 216,510

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The poultry farming is a project proposed specifically to solve unemployment and income
related problems affecting the youths. The project is intended to transform the life of the youths
in terms of social, economic and behavioral a well as domestic well-being of the community at
large. The project is, therefore, being sought for through writing a project proposal and the
project feasibility due to the analytical investigation that will be conducted by the team leader
and the representatives of the group due to positive impact of the project that will impact the
community at large.
The goal of the project is to improve the lives of people by creating employment opportunities
for the youths by providing quality poultry product at the most affordable and reasonable rates.
The objectives of the study includes establishing a business, raising and selling chickens and
eggs (poultry products ) and use its profits to help support the activities of the group. Improving
the economic welfare of the Youths employing them to run and support the poultry farming
project. To provide quality products that is affordable by the people who are supposed to use it.
Maintaining a focus on serving the rural inhabitants by creating employment opportunities, thus,
reducing unemployment levels in the county.
The strategy /approach used to achieve the objectives mentioned above include; increased
coverage of the basic poultry keeping systems and nutrition behaviour improvement, with the
understanding of the particular needs of the consumers. Capacity of the community to support
and implement support project will be enhanced by gender, equity and diversity.

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Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..........................................................................................................................i
1.0. INTRODUCTION AND SITUATION ANALYSIS.............................................................................1
2.0. JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT.................................................................................................2
3.0. PROBLEM ANALYSIS.......................................................................................................................2
4.0. PROJECT AREA..................................................................................................................................3
5.0. PROJECT DESIGN..............................................................................................................................3
5.1. OBJECTIVES...................................................................................................................................3
5.2. STRATEGIES...................................................................................................................................4
5.3. MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT.............................................................................................4
6.0. MARKET ANALYSIS.........................................................................................................................5
7.0. COST ANALYSIS................................................................................................................................6
8.0. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.....................................................................................................................7
9.0. MONITORING AND EVALUATION..................................................................................................7
10.0. PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY..........................................................................................................7
11.0. CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................8
APPENDICES.............................................................................................................................................9
APPENDIX I: GROUP MEMBERS.......................................................................................................9

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1.0. INTRODUCTION AND SITUATION ANALYSIS
Poultry farms are farms that raise chickens, ducks, turkeys, and other birds for meat or egg
production. In the past, poultry farming involved raising chickens in the back yard for daily egg
production and family consumption. However, poultry farming today is a huge business that is
split into several operations including hatcheries, pullet farms for meat production, or farms for
egg production. This proposal will focus on poultry farms raising chicken.
As the human population increases, the poultry industry continues to grow to meet the demand
for poultry products in the markets. The importance of poultry farming lies in the quality of
products that are provided to humans. Broiler farms provide meat that supplies the human body
with high quality proteins. Layer farms provide eggs rich in proteins and vitamins, especially the
fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K). Poultry farms are fast-paced operations that can fulfill the
demand for meat and eggs, and can be expanded easily to meet the ever-growing demand.

Chickens are fast growing animals. Due to this fact, a better understanding of husbandry
practices, and use of new technologies, poultry farms can be profitable enterprises. Each
operation in the poultry business has become a huge business by itself. Some farms specialize in
producing eggs for market consumption, or for hatching chicks for the purpose of meat
production. Many large farms specialize in raising broilers for meat production. Other businesses
are focused on feed preparation or on using the wastes of poultry farms for compost production
and fertilizing farmlands. If managed and marketed well, all segments of the poultry business can
be profitable.
Kuresoi South Sub County being one of the low performing region in terms of poultry farming
and worst in terms of unemployment among youths in the County, there is a need for youths with
common interests in bridging the development gap among the youths in the country, to come
together and devise ways of tapping into unused market capacities including this of poultry
keeping.

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2.0. JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT
There is an increasing demand for poultry meat, and eggs not only in Kenya but also in the great
Lakes region because of general improvement of standard of living of the people. Currently there
is a lot of export of eggs from Kenya to Sudan, Rwanda and Republic of Congo. Demand for
poultry in and around Nakuru County and other counties in Kenya are quite high. In addition,
many supermarkets are also selling much eggs and poultry meat. Poultry is among the most
promising enterprises for youths in Nakuru County livestock sector. This is because they require
little space and relatively small initial capital per unit head compared to other livestock
enterprises. There is easy availability of day-old chicks and animal feeds as well as animal drugs
on the market. Sotiki Focused Youth Group can get qualified veterinary personnel who are
available down to village level.

3.0. PROBLEM ANALYSIS

The unemployment problem being experienced within Kuresoi South Sub County has become
one of the greatest problems that occupants are facing and proving to be very difficult to solve
given the poverty rate being also high. It is one of the major goals of the project, to reduce
massive unemployment and enhance poverty eradication in the community through empowering
youths.
Poultry project has therefore been proposed by the group members as a result of joint
consultation by the project members. The major consideration that led to the project being
proposed include; unemployment-The expansion and development of the poultry project will
have positive developmental impacts on the residents especially the youths, the people and the
community environment at large. In addition, the poultry project has the potential to positively
impact local revenues. And finally, the use of poultry products increase soil fertility through
mulching the soil, thereby creating a sustainable business enterprise that is friendly towards the
environment.
The Sotiki Focus Youth Group poultry project, therefore, intends to solve unemployment related
issues in the region by reducing income inequality through the creation of employment
opportunities to the few people who will be employed on the kick off of the project.
In the view of the above, project members shall be required to prepare funds accountability
statements for each financial year which gives true and fair view of the state of affairs of the

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project as at the end of financial year and of its receipts and payments, and the cash flow. The
project management will ensure that the project keeps proper accounting records that disclose,
with reasonable accuracy, the financially position of the project. The project members will also
be responsible for safeguarding the assets of the project. Members will accept the responsibility
for the annual funds accountability statement which has to be prepared using appropriate
accounting policies supported by reasonable and prudent judgments and estimates in the
conformity with international financial reporting standards,; the law of the land and donor
conditionality’s and operational guidelines.

4.0. PROJECT AREA

The project will be done in Nakuru County- Kuresoi South Sub County- Tinet ward, Sotiki
village. It is found off Molo-Olenguruone Highway. It is about 3 km from the highway. All
residents in the area are Kalenjins. The major economic activity of the people around is farming.

5.0. PROJECT DESIGN

5.1. OBJECTIVES
The project objectives include:
 To establish a business, raising and selling chickens and eggs (poultry products) and use
its profits to help support the activities of the group.
 To improve the economic welfare of the Youths employing them to run and support the
poultry farming project.
 To provide quality products that are affordable by the people who are supposed to use by
considering beneficiaries’ basic needs from the project on the start in order to assess its
effectiveness towards elimination of malnutrition and poverty and to report on significant
deficiencies.
 Maintaining a focus on serving the rural inhabitants through creating employment
opportunities by testing beneficiaries’ compliance with the terms of funding agreement as
part of obtaining reasonable assurance that the project is free of material misstatement,
the usage of fund conforms to the relevant financing agreement and to report on any
identified material instances of non-compliance.

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5.2. STRATEGIES
The project will be guided by a strategically driven project approach to meet project objectives
and some of the project procedures carried out shall include strategic operational and compliance
reviews as described below;
 Reviewing terms of references and orient the project team towards achieving the project
objectives within the agreed time frame and agreed work plan with members.
 Preparing strategy project document including tailored project programs and checklists to
meet objectives.
 Identify and review possibilities for relevant strategic risks and evaluate the strategic
control environment.
 Conduct systems based projects-tests to assess the effectiveness of the internal control
systems.
 Train the youths in income generative activities in order to generate enough money to
support their families.
 Train youth farmers to acquire more efficient management skills in agricultural
production, harvesting, storage, processing and marketing.

5.3. MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT

For any enterprise to succeed, proper and efficient management is essential in order to realize
good returns on investment. Poultry farming is labour-intensive enterprises. For maximum
production, efficient labour is required on daily basis.
Therefore close supervision is necessary. Feeding, watering, cleaning and sanitation, observation
of diseases and disorders, collection of products for market and arranging an efficient system of
sales must be well coordinated.

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6.0. MARKET ANALYSIS
The target segment from the point of view of the income are the high class, middle class people
and lower class. The market of the products offered will first target the wholesalers, retailers
among the community. The project members will launch the poultry keeping project in low class
and middle class segment because of growing demand on the segment. The pricing decision will
therefore not change. It is therefore proposed that the common size of demand of a tray of eggs
will be Kshs.250 only. This will give a good profit to the retailer who will sell at prices that are
slightly higher. The good price will divert the attention of the indigenous occupants to the service
which is being provided as the only option available. The advertising will be on internet sites,
door-to-door, trading centers, among others. The products provided will therefore, will be
distributed through the dealers and agents, retailer and wholesalers for a start.

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7.0. COST ANALYSIS
To achieve the goal for which the project will be set up, one poultry shed will be constructed for
a start to accommodate the budgeted 200 birds.
ITEM DESCRIPTION CALCULATIO TOTALS
N
Chicks Using market rate, improved kienyeji chicks 200 chicks x Ksh 20,000
are sold at a rate of Ksh 100 per chick ksh100
Chick mash Chicks feed on chick mash up to 8th week. 56days x 0.06kg x Ksh 33,600
On average, the chicks will consume 60 200 chicks x
grams per day. Each Kg is ksh50. 50ksh
Growers Fed between the 9thweek and 19th week. On 77days x 0.09kg x Ksh 48,510
Mash average, they consume 90 grams per day. 200 chicks x
Each Kg is ksh35. 35Ksh
Vaccines, Gumboro 1st dose Ksh1000 Ksh1000
Vitamins and
de-worming
Gumboro 2nd dose Ksh1000 Ksh1000
Newcastle 1st dose Ksh1000 Ksh1000
Newcastle 2nd dose Ksh1000 Ksh1000
Fowl typhoid, De-worming Vitamins Ksh1000 Ksh1000
Poultry One big structure Ksh20,000 Ksh 20,000
structure
Wire mesh One wire mesh Ksh 20,000 Ksh 20,000
Feeders 12 feeders (10Kg) 550 x 12 Ksh 6,600
Egg Ksh45,000 Ksh45,000
incubator
Drinkers 8 drinkers (10L) 550 x 8 Ksh 4,800
Miscellaneou This may include minor expenses like 13,000 Ksh 13,000
s sawdust, labour, transport costs etc

TOTAL Ksh216,51
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8.0. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
The project members will maintain strict financial accountability in accordance with
requirements of legislation a per the donor requirements. The project members will ensure that
the project expenses are documented. The project members will submit narrative and financial
reports a monthly basis and for each quarter of the year.
Project members shall examine the financial viability of the project that is; the financial outflows
need to be incurred and how much the inflows of the projects are over its entire life together with
cost of replacement of capital expenditure and provisions of working capital. The project
members estimated initial cost of the project to be Kshs.216, 510. The project members’ required
rate of return was set to be 10% and the policy decision of the project set by project members
requires that project’s payback period is two years.
The project management will ensure that the project keeps proper accounting records that,
disclose, with reasonable accuracy, the financial position of the project. Project members will
also be responsible for safeguarding the assets of the project.

9.0. MONITORING AND EVALUATION

The project will be monitored by Sotiki Focused Youth Group executives jointly with the project
committee under the regular supervision of a team of business experts. Every activities carried
out will be monitored to ascertain whether it is done correctly, at the given time frame and
whether the desired outcomes are achieved. A monitoring questionnaire will be prepared with the
help of the team of business experts and used daily by the monitors.
Evaluation will be done from time to time at the middle period of implementation and end of
each activity.

10.0. PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY

It is expected that after one year, these birds would have laid eggs 2 times. On hatching, the
needy members who would have been identified by the project and willing to undertake the
rearing of birds independently shall each be given an agreed number of birds for reproduction
purposes. In return, when these members’ birds’ sales proceeds are realized, they will be required
to give back a share of their contribution to the project, for the benefit of others. Some revenues
from the sale of the birds shall also be helpful in buying the medicine, pay the workers, and start

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other types of businesses such as vegetable plantation, rabbit rearing and therefore its
sustainability and expansion.

11.0. CONCLUSION
Once implemented, the beneficiaries will not only have acquired basic birds rearing skills alone,
but they could have acquired money generating projects, employment and skills in poultry
keeping.

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I: GROUP MEMBERS

NAME(S) DESIGNATION
1. CHESANG ANASTASHA CHAIRPERSON
2. SCHOLAR CHEBET TESOT V/CHAIRPERSON
3. ROTICH K ANTONY SECRETARY
4. KIPROTICH KOECH COLLINS TREASURER
5. KIPKEMOI LAWRENCE PROJECT COORDINATOR
6. CHEPKIRUI KOSKEY MEMBER
7. CHEPKEMOI SHARON MEMBER
8. CHEPKOECH CECILIA MEMBER
9. CHERONO FELISTER MEMBER
10. CHEPNGETICH EDAH MEMBER

FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND DONATIONS, SEE THE DETAILS BELOW:

Bank Details
Account Name: SOTIKI FOCUS EMPIRE Y.G
Bank Name: IMARISHA SACCO SOCIETY LTD
Account number: 5040411005
Branch: KERINGET
Town: KERINGET
Country: KENYA