Sacco Review | The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
By Roy Hezron A total of Ksh428.4 million will be injected into the country’s coffee cooperatives towards strengthening governance and capacity in the next four years as part of the National Coffee Revitalization Project (NCRP). The entire project, however, will approximately cost the government a total of Ksh21.3 billion for the four year period earmarked…
By Azael Masese Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui has underscored the role of New Kenya Cooperative Creameries(New KCC) in supporting Kenya’s cooperative movement. Speaking during a recent visit and tour of the processor’s Dandora plant, Chelugui disclosed that since 2016, the government had pumped Ksh 2 billion into…
By Roy Hezron Professionals in the Cooperative sector have called upon the government to regulate dividend payment, especially in the Savings and Credit Co-operatives (Sacco) sub-sector, to separate success from dividends. Through the Kenya Society of Professional Co-operators (KSPC), the sector elites felt that the success of cooperatives should not be measured by the rate…
By Reporter Members of the Komarock Housing society are about to settle a long-running dispute over their land following resolutions reached by members at a convened Annual General Meeting recently. The land in question has been subject to court cases which have dragged on for over a decade but now the society is braced…
By Kamau Njoroge Consulting firm KCL has announced its partnership with Canadian firm Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) in its role as an enterprise support organisation for GCC’s latest request for proposals. The call for proposals is targeting innovative ideas in the climate and health nexus as it seeks bold solutions that address the human health impacts of climate change in low-…
By Obegi Malack obegimalack@gmail.com The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced reinstatement of charges on transactions between mobile money and bank accounts starting January 1, 2023. The charges were waived on March 16, 2020 as part of the emergency measures to encourage the use of mobile money at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic….
By Peter Otuoro Stakeholders in the cooperative movement aired the major challenges facing the movement to the new government through the new Cooperatives & MSMEs CS Simon Chelugui and PS Patrick Kilemi. Speaking during a consultative meeting on the realignment of cooperative and Saccos activities held by the Cooperative Alliance of Kenya at Sawela hotel…
By Emmanuel Gwakoi Gusii Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (GCFCU) Chief Executive Officer Robert Mainya has disclosed that coffee hawking has affected operations of coffee farmers’ cooperative societies and farmers earning. Speaking to Education News in his office, Mainya argued that farmers who sell their produce to middlemen and private millers deny the cooperatives the chance…
By Azael Masese Outgoing State Department for Cooperatives Principal Secretary (PS) Ali Noor Ismail is a happy man. Despite missing out on nominees list for PS positions in the new government, he has no bones to pick with anyone as he says the cooperative sector under him achieved a lot. He had expressed interest to…
By Azael Masese Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (Saccos) are increasingly following in the footsteps of commercial banks by using personal security such as title deeds and log books instead of guarantors when issuing loans. An analysis by Sacco Review indicates that the number of Saccos giving members the option is on the rise and…
