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Kilifi’s Imarika Sacco gets new treasurer

Sacco ReviewApril 1, 2024April 1, 202403 mins

The vibrant Imarika Sacco Limited in Kilifi County has a new treasurer, Sylvester Charo. Speaking to Sacco Review in Kilifi town recently, Charo who has been the Imarika Sacco Secretary has replaced the former Treasurer, Reuben Gideon Kaphu who has retired from the teaching profession after attaining the retirement. While talking to Sacco Review from…

Miners in Migori form cooperative to eliminate cartels

Sacco ReviewMarch 30, 2024March 30, 202402 mins

Miners in Rongo Sub-county have formed a marketing cooperative society to protect members from preying cartels and uplift their living standards. The North Kamagambo Mining and Marketing Cooperative Society based in Rongo Sub-county is only four months old and going strong. The society recently held a one day seminar in Rongo town to sensitize members…

GDC Sacco seeks to grow its asset base to KSh8.5 billion

Sacco ReviewMarch 30, 202408 mins

GDC Sacco Society Ltd (GDC) has embarked on an ambitious plan to grow its asset base to KSh8.5 billion as it seeks to be among the top 50 Saccos in the country. The Sacco which currently has over 34,000 members, who are mainly dairy farmers in the agriculture-rich Githunguri Sub-county in Kiambu County, is keen…

Equity Group posts 13 per cent slide in 2023 pretax profit

Sacco ReviewMarch 28, 2024March 30, 202401 mins

Kenyan lender Equity Group reported a 13 per cent fall in 2023 pretax profit to KSh51.9 billion, weighed down by a surge in provisions for bad debts, the firm announced on Wednesday March 27. Equity is East African country’s top lender by earnings. READ ALSO: Capital Sacco launches promotion to reward members purchasing shares The firm…

Kenya to host 24th SACCA Congress in October

Sacco ReviewMarch 28, 2024March 28, 202403 mins

Kenya is set to host the 24th Savings and Credit Cooperatives Associations (SACCA) Congress on October 6-12, 2024 in Naivasha, Nakuru County. The 2024 SACCA Congress will be organised by African Confederation of Cooperative Savings and Credit Associations (ACCOSCA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Cooperatives and MSMEs Development and Kenya Union of Savings and…

Capital Sacco launches promotion to reward members purchasing shares

Sacco ReviewMarch 27, 202408 mins

Capital Sacco has officially launched an ambitious share drive promotion meant to recruit more members to the institution and reward those who add on their capital share. The promotion dubbed ‘Pepea na Capital Sacco’ aims at mobilising more members to buy more share capital with the winners set to be awarded with various prizes. The…

I&M Group dividend up as profit jumps to KSh12.6 billion

Sacco ReviewMarch 26, 2024March 26, 202402 mins

I&M Group bags net profit growth by 12.6 per cent from the financial year ending December 2023 amounting to KSh12.6 billion. The firm attributes the 15 per cent growth in its profits to an increase in its operating income. The Group has also increased dividends for the third straight year to KSh2.55 a share amounting…

KCB shareholders get zero dividends as profit declines

Sacco ReviewMarch 22, 2024March 27, 202402 mins

Kenya’s KCB Group posted a 15 per cent drop in pretax profit in 2023 to KSh48.5. Therefore, it announced it would not pay a dividend for the period in order to conserve capital. For the first time in 21 years, KCB Group shareholders will miss out on dividends after the bank reported a net profit to…

KCB to sell National Bank of Kenya

Sacco ReviewMarch 22, 2024March 22, 202402 mins

Kenya’s KCB Group has said it will sell its subsidiary National Bank of Kenya (NBK) to Nigeria’s Access Group. During an investor briefing on Wednesday March 30, the KCB’s Chief Executive Paul Russo, said the deal was struck at 1.25 times book value, but did not give the exact figure. He said, “The right thing to…

PS Cooperatives urges SACCOs to hire competent officials

Sacco ReviewMarch 21, 2024March 23, 202402 mins

Principal Secretary Department for Cooperatives Patrick Kiburi Kilemi has asked Sacco members to always hire competent officials to run the SACCOs. He said incompetent officials are not able to perform leading to poor performance of most firms. Speaking during APSTAR Sacco (former Ukulima Sacco) 46th ADM at Serena Hotels he said the board should also…