KCBF TVET MOU - Template
KCBF TVET MOU - Template
KCBF TVET MOU - Template
Between
KCB FOUNDATION
and
ON
BETWEEN
a KCB FOUNDATION, having its registered office at Kencom House, Moi Avenue P.O. Box 48400-00100,
Nairobi, Kenya; (hereinafter referred to as “The Foundation” which expression shall where the context so
admits include its successor in title and assigns) on the first part.
And
WHEREAS
A. The Foundation is a charitable Trust established by the KCB Bank Group dedicated to community
development programmes in the jurisdiction of the KCB Bank Group to transform lives by ending extreme
poverty and hardship by supporting programmes in Enterprise development, Education, Environment, Health,
and Humanitarian aid.
B. OMIRO VTC. is a Public Technical Training Institute and holds business registration certificate number
0492 and registered under the MINISTRY OF EDUCATION under registration certificate number
MOYAS/DYT/NYZ/RCY/PC/01.
C. OMIRO VTC was established in the year 1977 to be a market leader in providing quality technical and
vocational training to meet the needs of the market.
D. The Foundation has established the 2Jiajiri programme aimed at formalizing the Informal Sector skilling for
self-employment’ that seeks to create jobs and wealth by making deliberate investments directed at attempting
to solve the youth unemployment and stagnation of existing small informal and agriculture-based businesses.
The programme aims at enabling new and existing entrepreneurs across the country to overcome the barriers
they face to business success by providing technical and business skills training, access to finance, business
assets, access to mentors and business networks.
E. The Foundation and OMIRO VTC have expressed their mutual interest and consensus to pool resources, skills
and experiences of both organizations in order to enable youth and entrepreneurs in the informal sector in poor
urban and rural communities to start and grow their businesses.
F. The Foundation has awarded an assignment to OMIRO VTC to train and provide industrial attachment
services to its program beneficiaries in relevant trades.
G. Consideration of the mutual rights, obligation promises, and undertakings contained herein, the sufficiency
whereof is acknowledged by the Parties.
IT IS HEREBY AGREED:
2. REPRESENTATIVES
OMIRO VTC and the Foundation shall each appoint a representative to manage the partnership in accordance
with the terms of reference laid out in this Agreement.
4.1 In collaboration with school mobilize and recruit candidates for the 2jiajiri programme that meet criteria
as per the 2jiajiri programme policy.
4.2 Design, Review and Approve all Advertisement tools that communicate the interview specifics.
4.3 Organise and Conduct interviews objectively to select the best suited candidates.
4.4 Based on results from interviews as decided by panellists, communicate to the selected finalists on their
success through phone calls or messages.
4.5 Provide confirmed list of interview qualifiers to the schools. The list of students provided by KCB
Foundation to the TVET schools shall not be subject to any alteration whatsoever by any representative of
the school, unless approved on official lettering from KCB Foundation. The penalty for the Institution
breaching this clause (3.14) without authorisation from KCB Foundation shall lead to the Institution
bearing the cost of the substituting student’s(s’) school fee and any other fee as indicated in the fee
structure.
4.6 Make timely tuition Fee and Examination Fee payments as stipulated in the fee structure of the school.
4.7 Provide commercial and market linkages for programme beneficiaries as opportunity arises.
4.8 Provide the list of the students to be provided with training, internship, and industrial attachment
opportunities to the TVET School.
4.9 Provide business incubation and business development services for students trained in vocational skills
under the Foundation’s Projects and provide access to loans to those who meet the Programme’s
requirements.
4.10 Provide the monitoring and evaluation framework and reporting requirements.
4.11 Any other activity that will jointly be agreed by both parties.
5. CONFIDENTIALITY
5.1 Omiro VTC. (“Receiving Party”) shall keep in confidence the Confidential Information using the same
degree of care it uses to protect its own confidential or proprietary information, but in any event no less
than reasonable care. Omiro VTC. also agrees not to use or disclose such Confidential Information to any
person or for any purpose except as necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement unless it has
received the prior written consent of the Foundation to any other use or disclosure of Confidential
Information. Omiro VTC. Shall use all reasonable precautions to prevent inadvertent use, copying, transfer
or destruction of any Confidential Information.
5.3. Upon termination of this Agreement and upon request of the Foundation (and subject to any provisions
of governing law relating to the disposal of the Confidential Information and retention of records ),
Omiro VTC hall immediately return the Confidential Information to the Foundation or, at the direction
of the Foundation, Omiro VTC shall dispose of all Confidential Information, in each case using adequate
physical, organizational and technological security measures to protect such Confidential Information
against loss, theft and unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.
5.4. The Parties will advise its employees to whom the Confidential Information is disclosed of their
obligations under this Contract.
5.5. In the event that a Party is legally compelled to disclose Confidential Information, it will be entitled to
do so provided it gives the Other Party reasonable notice of such required disclosure to enable the other
party to procure a preventive order if possible.
5.6. The obligation of confidentiality by each party shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
6.1 Both parties agree to irrevocably assign the copyright under this Agreement to each entity based on the
strength and contribution of such output such as but not limited to plans, drawings, database, images,
specifications, designs, reports, other documents, etc. hereinafter collectively referred to as “Materials”.
Materials produced because of the work covered under this Agreement together with all relevant data and
supporting materials compiled in performing the Services must not be used for any purpose unrelated to
this Agreement. Both parties agree not to cause or to permit anything, which may damage or endanger
the Intellectual Property of the Foundation, or its title to it to assist or allow others to do so. Omiro VTC
shall hand over all Materials to the Foundation and shall desist from use, reproduce, publish, telecast,
sub-license through any media the information gathered/produced from this service.
6.2 Omiro VTC shall procure any third-party rights with consent from the Foundation in respect to Materials
that it requires to execute this Agreement.
6.3 Omiro VTC further acknowledges that, in the course of performance of the Agreement, Omiro VTC may
use pre-existing products, materials and methodologies proprietary to Omiro VTC, hereinafter
collectively referred to as “Pre-Existing Works”. To the extent Omiro VTCprovides any Pre-existing
Works hereunder, Omiro VTC hereby grants to KCB Foundation, a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual,
irrevocable paid-up license to use such Pre-existing Works in any medium and to grant others the rights
granted therein.
6.4 The Omiro VTC warrants that none of the Services, including the Materials, will infringe the intellectual
property right of any third party. Omiro VTC in this regard agrees to indemnify the Foundation on
demand against any claims by third parties.
6.5 The Omiro VTC and their personnel shall not publish, disclose or divulge any of the Materials produced
under this Agreement to any third party unless directed in writing to do so by the Foundation.
6.6 Under no circumstances should the Omiro VTC or its personnel interact with or disclose any information
about this Agreement to or through any media, without prior approval of the Foundation. Any violation
of this condition shall agreement to breach of this Agreement. However, if permitted, the Omiro VTC
shall give due credit to the Foundation in such disclosures.
6.7 Notwithstanding anything provided in this Clause 6 the Omiro VTC shall be at liberty to use any
intellectual property or materials for purposes of improvement of the Omiro VTC or any of its programs
and development of education and training.
6.8 The Omiro VTC assures that the Foundation’s Intellectual Property Rights have not and will not be
copied wholly or in part from any other work or material and/or the Omiro VTC will not and has not
granted or assigned any rights of any nature in the Foundation’s Intellectual Property Rights to any third
party.
7.1 The Institution warranty is duly registered, validly existing, and in good standing in the jurisdiction of its
formation and is qualifies to do business therein and in all such other jurisdictions as the nature of its
business activities and properties may require.
7.2 It has the right and power to enter into and perform its duties hereunder; has taken all requisite actions to
authorize execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereunder, and has duly authorized, executed and delivered this Agreement.
7.3 It shall perform their obligations under this Agreement in a timely, competent, and workman like manner
in accordance with generally accepted professional standards.
7.4 It has sought all the necessary approvals, authorizations, and consents of any governmental and the
regulatory authority necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
7.5 It shall comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and policies of the Republic of Kenya.
7.6 It shall ensure that the Intellectual Property of KCB Foundation is utilized only for the purposes as set
out in this Agreement.
7.7 Each of its employees assigned to perform services shall have the requisite skill, training, and
background so as to be able to perform in a competent and professional manner and that all services shall
be performed in a workmanlike manner in accordance with this Agreement.
7.8 It shall perform its obligations as specified herein with reasonable care and skill.
7.9 It has taken all the necessary insurance covers for the performance of this Agreement.
8. INDEMNITY
8.1. The institution agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Foundation against any and all claims,
losses, penalties, causes of action, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including but not limited to
attorney’s fees and costs) or claims caused by or resulting directly or indirectly from any Third-Party
claim, suit, action, claim, investigation or proceeding brought against the Foundation including the below
listed actions.
8.2. Failure by the institution to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement, in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement.
8.3. Damages caused to the Foundation or Third Party occasioned by the Name of the institution.
8.4. The institution’s breach of its representation or warranties, covenants, obligations, or any other terms of
this Agreement (including Schedules attached herein) by Name of the institution and/or its
employees/agents/affiliates/contractors.
8.5. The institution non-compliance with any laws, rules or regulations applicable to performance of its
obligations under this Agreement.
8.6. Any act, commission or omission, negligence, fraud, forgery, dishonesty or misconduct of the Name of
the institution and/or its employees/agents/affiliates/contractors.
8.7. Any agreements, including taxes, interest and penalties assessed against the Foundation that are the
responsibility of Name of the institution.
8.8. Infringement of third-party intellectual property rights
9. SAFEGUARDING
Each Party commits to ensure structures are in place to prevent and respond to safeguarding aspects and ensure that
the other party is immediately notified in the event of safeguarding issue involving its beneficiaries. Through the
partnership, parties will ensure that children, women, youth who are participating in the project are protected from
all forms of violence, abuse, exploitation, and neglect in all its programmes, preventative actions are prioritized, and
accountability is ensured.
By this Agreement Omiro VTC commits to abide by its functional Safeguarding Policy and or that you have read
and understood KCB Foundation’s Safeguarding Policy available at https://kcbgroup.com/foundation/
10. NOTICES
10.1. Any and all notices, demands and other communications (“Notices”) may be sent by any Party to the
other Parties by hand, pre-paid courier service, email or facsimile transmission to the physical and
electronic addresses and facsimile transmission numbers of the other Party or at any other physical or
electronic addresses notified by that Party or facsimile transmission number(s) notified by that Party.
10.2. Any and all Notices shall be in English.
10.3. Any Notice shall be deemed to have been duly received by the addressee (if given or made by facsimile
transmission or email) at the time it was sent provided that any notice dispatched after 17.00 hours on
any day shall be deemed to have been received at 08.00 hours on the next Business Day or (if delivered
by hand) on the date of delivery when left at the specified address or (in any other case) if sent by prepaid
registered mail or courier it shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee on the eighth (8 th)
Business Day following the date of such posting in the case of registered mail or third (3 rd) Business Day
after delivery to the courier and in proving the same it shall be sufficient to show that the envelope
containing the same was duly addressed with requisite courier charges paid
10.4. The parties each designate the following individual(s) in their respective organisations who shall be
responsible for the transmission of notices, Propriety Information and for recording its disclosure and
receipt hereunder:
13.2. Unavailability of an employee of either Party for whatever reason shall not constitute Force Majeure and
shall not relieve the affected Party of its obligations.
13.3. A Party shall immediately notify the other Party as soon as it becomes aware that it is unable to perform
the Services as a consequence of Force Majeure and shall use all reasonable endeavours to provide the
other Party with a suitable alternative service so as to keep to a minimum the adverse effects of the lack
of any of the Services.
13.4. Without prejudice to any other rights of the other Party if for any reason a Party gives written notice that
it is unable to provide the Services or any of them or provide the other Party with a suitable alternative or
a Party fails to perform the Services (or any part of them) for whatever reason, a Party not affected shall
be entitled to make such arrangements for the provision of that part of the Services that the affected Party
is unable to perform during such time as the affected Party does not provide the Services and for such
period as the other Party considers reasonable.
13.5. Not later than fourteen (14) days after a Party affected by the Event of Force Majeure has become unable
to perform a material portion of the contract, the Parties may consult with each other with a view to
agreeing on appropriate measures to be taken in the circumstances.
13.6. In the event that the Parties are unable to agree on the appropriate measures, the aggrieved party shall
have the right to terminate the Agreement.
14.4.1. If either party provides at least three months’ notice indicating the reason for termination.
14.4.2. If either Party is placed in liquidation or declared bankrupt.
14.4.3. If either Party has the licenses that allow it to transact its businesses revoked.
14.4.4. If either Party is deregistered from legal governing registry bodies.
14.4.5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary express or implied elsewhere in this Agreement, KCB
Foundation may terminate this Agreement at any time for convenience by serving upon Omiro
VTC a written notice of thirty (30) Business Days.
14.4.6. In the case of termination of the Agreement from Omiro VTC’s side, KCB Foundation retains the
right of ownership of any approved and KCB Foundation purchased equipment, tools and/or
materials.
14.5. The termination of this Agreement, however arising, shall be without prejudice to the rights accrued to
the parties prior to termination.
14.6. Upon termination, all forms of Intellectual Property including content supplied by the Foundation and all
Confidential Information shall be promptly returned to the Foundation.
14.7. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Foundation reserves the right to withhold any payments in the
event of non-performance of the services by Omiro VTC as outlined herein.
14.8. No compensation shall be payable to either parties for any termination of this Agreement in accordance
with its terms, whether for any capital investment made by Omiro VTC, for the cost of any capital
equipment, for loss of business or lost profits, for any staff costs or for any loss of expectation or
goodwill.
16. MISCELLANEOUS
16.1. No change, modification, alteration, or addition to any provision, or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement shall be binding unless contained in writing and signed by each Party.
16.2. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which when executed and
delivered shall be an original, but each engrossment shall together constitute one and the same instrument
and shall take effect from the time of execution of the last engrossment.
16.3. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.
16.4. This Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the Parties hereto concerning the subject matter
hereof and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements and understandings concerning the
subject matter hereof.
16.5. No Party may assign any rights under this Agreement.
16.6. No delay or omission on the part of any of the Parties in exercising any right, power or remedy provided
by law, or under this Agreement, shall impair such right, power or remedy or operate as a waiver thereof,
and the single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy provided by law, or under this
Agreement, shall not preclude any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right, power
or remedy.
Each Party shall be bound by the Data processing Agreement at Schedule 1 of this MOU.
DATA PROCESSING AGREEMENT
and
(KCBF and the Academy hereinafter also separately referred to as 'Party' and jointly as 'Parties')
This Data Processing Agreement (“DPA”) forms part of the Agreement between KCB Foundation (“KCBF”) and
OMIRO VTC (Collage) dated 09/05/2024 and KCB Group PLC Data Protection and Privacy Policy available at
www.kcbgroup.com effective 30th day of April 2024.
WHEREAS:
A. KCBF through its operations is a data controller and/or data processor.
B. The performance of the Academy’s obligations under the Agreement is subject to collecting, processing and/or
storing Personal Data or Sensitive Personal Data of KCBF’s customers, vendors/suppliers, employees, End
Users, beneficiaries and/or other stakeholders.
C. KCBF requires that all Personal Data or Sensitive Personal Data collected, processed and/or stored by the
Academy (hereinafter referred to as “the Processor”) shall be subjected to the privacy requirements of the KCB
Group Plc Data Protection and Privacy Policy.
D. The Parties are entering into this DPA for the purpose of updating the data processing terms of the Agreement
and to comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Laws.
1. INTERPRETATION
1.1. Definitions
All capitalized terms that are not expressly defined in this DPA will have the meanings given to them in the
Agreement. The capitalised terms are defined as follows whereby the use of the singular will include the plural and
vice versa:
1.1.1. “Data Controller” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which,
alone or jointly with others, determines the purpose and means of processing of personal data;
1.1.2. “Data Processor” means any person or body who/which processes personal data on behalf of KCBF.
1.1.3. “Data Protection Laws” means EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR),
Data Protection Act No. 24 of 2019, Laws of Kenya and the data protection or privacy laws of any
other country.
1.1.4. “Data Subject” means an identified or identifiable natural person who can be identified, directly or
indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location
data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic,
mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
1.1.5. “Data Subject Request” means any inquiry, request or complaint received from or relating to a Data
Subject including a request by a Data Subject to exercise Data Subject rights under the Data Protection
Laws.
1.1.6. “Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person
provided by KCBF for the performance of the Agreement.
1.1.7. “Regulator” means the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in Kenya or such other
supervisory authority as KCBF may be subject to due to the nature of its business or operations at any
time before or during the term of the Agreement.
1.1.8. “Restricted Transfer” means (i) a transfer of Personal Data from KCBF to the Processor; or (ii) an
onward transfer of Personal Data between two organisations of a Processor or between the Processor
and a Sub-processor.
1.1.9. “Sub-processor” means any person (including any and any affiliate of the Processor) appointed by or
on behalf of the Processor to process Personal Data in connection with the Agreement.
1.1.10. “Sensitive Personal Data” means data revealing the natural person's race, health status, ethnic social
origin, conscience, belief, genetic data, biometric data, property details, marital status, family details
including names of the person's children, parents, spouse or spouses, sex or the sexual orientation of
the Data Subject.
1.1.11. “Third party” means natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body, other than the
Data Subject, data controller, data processor or persons who, under the direct authority of the data
controller or data processor, are authorised to process personal data.
1.1.12. The terms, “Anonymization”, “Consent”, “Controller”, “Data Protection Officer”, “Data
Subject”, “Encryption”, “Filing System”, “Personal Data Breach”, “Processing”,
“Pseudonymisation” and “Technical and organizational security measures” shall have the
meanings in the Data Protection Act, and their cognate terms shall be construed accordingly.
4. Audit Rights
4.1. Upon request by KCBF, the Processor allows KCBF, Regulator or any independent agent or auditor
selected by KCBF that is not a competitor of the Processor and which possess the required professional
qualifications, to audit and review Processor’s information security program, data processing facilities,
compliance with Data Protection Laws, compliance with this DPA, and any other KCBF’s instructions
(“Audit”).
4.2. The parties will mutually agree upon the scope, timing, and duration of the Audit.
4.3. The Processor shall make available on request all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with
this DPA.
4.4. The Processor commits to fully cooperate with KCBF to reach an agreement on the details of the Audit
within the shortest possible time and to implement all reasonable changes to its security program, data
processing facilities and data protection compliance program that, as a result of the Audit, are required or
advisable to ensure Processor’s compliance with this DPA, Data Protection Laws and KCBF’s
instructions.
4.5. If the Processor declines to submit its personal data processing facilities for Audit or follow any
instructions requested by KCBF regarding Audit, including inspections, KCBF is entitled to terminate the
Agreement.
5. Confidentiality
5.1. The Processor will treat Personal Data as confidential information and will not access or use, or disclose
to any third party, any Personal Data without prior written consent from KCBF except as necessary to
maintain or provide the services, or as necessary to comply with the law or a valid court order.
5.2. Where it is required by law or a valid court order to disclose and/or grant access to Personal Data, the
Processor warrants and covenants that it will first give KCBF notice of the intended disclosure and that it
will disclose and /or grant access to only the minimum extent necessary to comply with such statutory
obligation or court order.
6. Consequences of Non-compliance
6.1. In the event of any actual or potential violation of Data Protection Laws relating to Personal Data, KCBF
reserves the right, without incurring any liability whatsoever, to suspend and/or terminate, either
temporarily or permanently, any or all services provided by the Processor, or to take any other actions as
deemed appropriate in its sole discretion.
6.2. Failure by the Processor to comply with its obligations under the DPA, may lead to a claim from the Data
Subjects which cost will be incurred by the Processor.
8. Complaint Handling
8.1. The Processor shall ensure that it has available customer service to attend to any customer complaints
relating to processing of personal data under this Agreement and to escalate such complaints to KCB’s
Data Protection Officer on telephone 020-0508220 or by writing an email to: dpoke@kcbgroup.com or
such other address that may from time to time be provided by KCBF as the official channel for
communication.
9. Miscellaneous
9.1. Any amendments to this DPA shall be in writing duly signed by authorized representatives of the Parties
hereto.
9.2. This DPA supersedes all prior understandings and agreements relating to the protection of Personal Data
and compliance with Data Protection Laws.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement and agree to be legally bound by all
terms and conditions contained herein from the Commencement Date.
ANNEXURE 1
Nature of Processing:
The Personal Data processed will be subject to the following, to the extent permitted under Data Protection Laws,
the Agreement, and the DPA (please select all that apply):
☐ Receiving data, including collection, accessing, retrieval, recording, and data entry
☐ Holding data, including storage, organization, and structuring
☐ Using data, including analyzing, consultation, testing, automated decision making and profiling
☐ Updating data, including correcting, adaptation, alteration, alignment, and combination
☐ Protecting data, including restricting, encrypting, and security testing
☐ Sharing data, including disclosure, dissemination, allowing access or otherwise making available
☐ Returning data to the data exporter or Data Subject
☐ Erasing data, including destruction and deletion
☐ Other (please specify) _____________________