Mwelu Foundationmwelufoundation.org is currently offline
The website's backend services have been suspended following unresolved invoices for professional development services and infrastructure costs. This notice provides a full account of the situation.
Between February and August 2026, a full-stack web platform was designed, developed, and deployed for Mwelu Foundation by Samwel Etemesi — contracted as an IT Support Intern. The internship contract defined the role as IT support only; the website was built outside that scope, using personal resources, personal time, and personal cloud accounts.
The organisation contributed KES 30,000 in deployment costs and USD $25 toward Render hosting for July 2026. No other payment has been made for the development work or ongoing infrastructure.
The website went live on 09th June 2026 at mwelufoundation.org. The internship contract expired on 2nd August 2026. The developer continued engaging with the organisation through 18th August 2026 during a contract negotiation period, at the organisation's request, for which no compensation has been received. Although Mr. Elmard Reagan (Program Manager) assured me that my dues from the 3rd to the 18th of August would be paid, I was shocked to subsequently be removed from the organisation's Outlook email access.
Upon receipt of payment or written acknowledgement of the invoices, the developer is ready to facilitate a full credentials handover and infrastructure transfer to an organisational account at no additional charge. All invoice copies are available upon request.
Notice regarding communication: The developer's access to the Mwelu Foundation organisational Outlook email account has been revoked. The developer can no longer be reached or contacted via any organisational email address. All communications should be directed to samweletemesi2@gmail.com or +254 759 880 788. The developer has not received any response to two formal invoices submitted in August 2026, nor any communication from the finance department regarding final dues.