Sacco Review | The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
By Gilbert Ochieng. For the past fifty years since the first rice crop was planted and harvested in 1969, the rice farmers at Bunyala rice scheme have been incurring huge losses amounting to millions of shillings as a result of the old fashioned manual harvesting method that had culminated into the spillage of rice during…
By Erick Nyayiera Operations at the Siaya Ufanisi Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited have been adversely affected as the County government is yet to release the over Sh4.4 million owed to the Sacco. The Sacco had been branded from the Bondo County Council Employees Sacco to cater for the staff being absorbed by the…
By Fredrick Odiero The department of Cooperative Development in Kisumu Central Kisumu County will soon organize training for stakeholders in the sector in order to enhance efficiency and compliance. Kisumu Central sub county cooperative officer Philip Akama further said that some of the beneficiaries of the training will be the over 300 Saccos in the…
By Malachi Motano The cooperative sector in Kenya celebrates several milestones recorded in the last one year despite many factors that challenged the economic environment including drought, locust outbreaks crowned by Covid -19 pandemic. Cooperative Commissioner Geoffrey Njang’ombe gave the exclusive highlights to Sacco Review as the country join the rest in the world in…
By Roy Hezron The government is planning to inject over Sh20 billion to revive the country’s coffee sector for the next four years. The biggest beneficiaries of revitalisation plan will be farmers in the Coffee Cooperatives. The revitalisation project which was launched in April 2020 by the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives…
By Our Reporter Finnlemm Sacco is keen to build the capacity of its staff and board members to ensure informed and prudent decision making. The board also underwent training to enhance board members understanding of their roles and responsibility. The in-house training is being done every year to ensure induction of all new board members. “The…
By Kamundia Muriithi Owning a home is a dream that many Kenyans harbour, but few actualise it due to the associated high costs of constructing houses. In recent times, housing cooperatives have sprung up in different parts of the country to empower ambitious Kenyans acquire decent, modern houses through homeownership plans. Coupled with the government’s…
By Martin Ruto As you snake along the rough roads of Kosulol Village in Chepareria Division, West Pokot County, your view will be filled with lush green leaves from mango tress, nappier grass covering rolling hills where farms hide amongst the trees. West Pokot County is a largely rural area, with many working in agriculture….
By Malachi Motano AMREF Sacco has adopted virtual board, staff and member education meetings to meet the Ministry of Health’s social distancing guidelines on Covid-19. The Sacco also introduced an editable loan and membership application forms and allowed members to submit electronic applications to ease engagement. It increased members loan limits to Sh150,000 from Sh70,000…
By Martin Ruto Life was bleak for Erickson Omwamba when he discontinued his pursuit for secondary school education due to lack of fees. His parents left Nyanchwa area, Kisii County in in 1989 in search for greener pastures and settled in Saboti, Trans-Nzoia County where Erickson completed his class eight education. “I studied at Nyanchwa…
