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Linturi tours Taita Taveta with bag of goodies for farmers

Sacco Review1 month ago1 month ago05 mins

By Michael Oduor/ oduormichael2021@gmail.com Taita Taveta County has received a mobile grain dryer from the National Government in an effort to assist farmers in mitigating post-harvest losses. Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mithika Linturi while launching the dryers said the equipment comes in handy to ensure efficiency in drying grains. This will result…

Mbarire promises to help Embu bodaboda riders form Sacco

Sacco Review2 months ago2 months ago05 mins

Thousands of boda boda operators in Embu County will be supported to launch a Sacco to enable them save and access loans and motor cycles, Governor Cecily Mbarire has announced. Governor Mbarire said once founded the Sacco would ensure that the boda boda operators are not subjected to exploitation by shylocks who charge unwarranted interests…

Kilifi based Imarika Sacco reports full-year 2023 results

Sacco Review2 months ago02 mins

Kiliifi based Imarika Sacco recorded a net profit of KSh323.8 million for the year ending December 31, 2023. A year earlier it posted a net profit of KSh397 million. Total assets for the Sacco rose from KSh13 billion as compared to KSh11 billion in 2022. READ ALSO: Imarika Sacco gets a new chairman In itd…

Invest and Grow Sacco’s annual profit surges to KSh1.91 billion

Sacco Review2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

The Invest and Grow (IG) Sacco, based in Kakamega County on Wednesday February 28, 2024 reported a 2.5 per cent jump in 2023 net profit. The net profit of KSh1.91 billion for last year compares with a profit of KSh1.86 million a year earlier. The Sacco intends to enroll more members to channel their income…

Taveta traders to benefit from KSh70 million modern market

Sacco Review2 months ago2 months ago06 mins

Traders in Taveta Sub- county, Taita Taveta County are set to benefit from a KSh70 million modern market under construction in partnership National Government and county administration. The State is collaborating with the county under Economic Stimulus Programme. Speaking on Thursday, February 29 during the meeting with traders for deliberations on the construction of the…

Wavinya donates KSh1 million to Mlolongo boda bodas, gifts talented girl

Sacco Review2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

A Mlolongo-based boda boda Sacco has received KSh1 million from Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti to increase their investment. Samsa Boda Boda Sacco received the cheque at the Liberty Grounds in Mlolongo on February 24, 2024 during a public participation forum on the 2024/2025 Fiscal Strategy Plan. The jubilant riders welcomed Governor Wavinya and her entourage…

Kericho youths to benefit from commerce chamber loans

Sacco Review2 months ago2 months ago04 mins

Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) Kericho branch will assist youths in the county to venture into small scale businesses through access to funds and financial training. The chairman of the branch Pastor Robinson Bett said the youths in the county urgently need financial help which should be provided after financial trainings and…

New banana export market excites Taita Taveta farmers

Sacco Review2 months ago2 months ago05 mins

Taita Taveta County in partnership with Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT) plans to export about 700 metric tonnes of organic bananas to Denmark, a deal which will make the county farmers one of the first in the country to export the organic produce. According to MESPT, the joint project has identified 500 small holder…

Traders’ Sacco in Garissa pleads with county over planned demolition of stalls

Sacco Review2 months ago2 months ago05 mins

Sukuma Gate Sacco members are pleading with the County Government of Garissa not to demolish their stalls where they have been earning their daily bread for long. The members, mostly comprising mama mbogas and petty traders decried the planned eviction from their stalls after Garissa Municipality, through the Enforcement Notice, Form P.P.A. 7, dated January…

One-year-old Sacco becomes youngest to hold AGM this year

Sacco Review2 months ago2 months ago09 mins

The Market Day Traders Savings and Cooperative Society has become the youngest to hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) this year. The fast growing Sacco which is barely one-year-old has surprised players in the cooperative industry due to its fast paced growth in the fast changing trends within the sub sector. According to the Chairman…