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How effective external audit can improve Sacco governance and performance

Sacco ReviewFebruary 20, 2024February 20, 202407 mins

Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (Sacco) external Annual Audits are a standard practice undertaken by all Saccos in Kenya whether Deposit Taking or Non-Deposit Taking. This routine has gone on for a long time but in most cases, External Audit has not yielded the necessary and much anticipated benefits to various Saccos. Good external audit…

UK companies hunt for Kisumu investments

Sacco ReviewFebruary 19, 2024February 19, 202403 mins

The British High Commissioner to Kenya, Neil Wigan has announced that firms in the United Kingdom (UK) are keen on investing in Kisumu County to leverage the region’s huge economic potential in agriculture and the blue economy. Wigan said the UK government was keen on supporting interested companies in Britain to invest in the lakeside…

Join Saccos to access affordable housing, Kenyans asked

Sacco ReviewFebruary 19, 2024February 19, 202403 mins

Kenyans have been asked to join Savings and Credit Cooperatives Societies (Saccos) to easily own and invest in property. According to Engineer George Kiiru, the Chairman of Wanabarabara Housing Cooperative Society, buying property as a group is much easier and more affordable as compared to buying it individually. Addressing the press in Kisaju located in…

Taita Taveta’s Ksh45M milling plant set to revolutionize rice production

Sacco ReviewFebruary 16, 2024February 16, 202407 mins

Taita Taveta County has taken up an initiative to set up a Ksh45 million rice mill in Taveta Sub-county to revolutionize rice farming in a move aimed at growing wealth creation amongst the farmers in the region. Hundreds of rice farmers in the county, who have been selling unpolished rice at a throwaway price and…

Lake Victoria commission calls for urgent intervention amid increased pollution

Sacco ReviewFebruary 12, 2024February 12, 202404 mins

Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) Executive Secretary Dr. Masinde Bwire has disclosed that pollution in the lake has increased by 50 percent over the last four decades posing a danger to human and aquatic life. Speaking in Kisumu during the 22nd Sectorial Council of Ministers on Lake Victoria Basin (SECOM-LVB), Dr. Bwire said that the…

Kisumu Court stops appointment of new Chemilil Sugar Managing Director

Sacco ReviewFebruary 9, 2024February 9, 202403 mins

A Kisumu High Court has barred new Chemelil Sugar Factory Managing Director (MD) Moses Kiprop Kolum from taking over office. Justice Stephen Radido made the ruling following a petition filed by farmer Michael Sidigu in December 2023 contesting the appointment which was made by Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mithika Linturi. Sidigu had filed a petition…

Taita Taveta unveils sunflower project to boost production of edible oils

Sacco ReviewFebruary 7, 2024February 7, 202403 mins

Smallholder farmers in Taita Taveta County have been urged to take up sunflower and other oil crop cultivation, whose huge unmet demand, guarantees a ready local and international market. The Taita Taveta CECM for Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock, Eric Kyongo said that although the oil crops are drought resistant and adaptable to many ecological zones,…

CS Linturi launches aflatoxin testing laboratory in Meru

Sacco ReviewFebruary 5, 2024February 5, 202404 mins

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mithika Linturi has presided over the launch of a new aflatoxin testing laboratory at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depot in North Imenti, Meru County. Linturi said that the new facility, the first of its kind in the region, was aimed at ensuring that the grains being consumed were…

Governor Nyong’o lauds Govt’s plan to extend SGR to Kisumu

Sacco ReviewFebruary 3, 2024February 3, 202404 mins

Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang Nyong’o has lauded the government’s decision to extend the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Naivasha to Kisumu. Nyong’o said that the move was set to boost economic activities in the lakeside county and at the same time facilitate quick movement of people and goods from Mombasa to Kisumu and Uganda, and also…

Eight dormant cooperatives in Taita Taveta set for revival

Sacco ReviewFebruary 3, 2024February 3, 202402 mins

Eight out of 141 dormant cooperative societies in Taita Taveta county are set for revival, with four of them already revived. They are Taita HPC, Taita Taveta Meat Goat, Taita Taveta Mgama and Maziwa Taita Dairy. Speaking to Sacco Review in Wundanyi town recently, the county Cooperative Director Erastus Gonzi noted that the county has 242…