Sacco Review|The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
Embu Governor Cecily Mbarire has promised to fight cartels in the coffee sub-sector as a move to ensure farmers get the right and good income from their produce. Addressing the press at Runyenjes town in Embu County, the governor pointed out that better prices for coffee produce will lead to improved livelihood for farmers. The…
Experts and other stakeholders in the cooperative movement have been challenged to offer professional guidance on prudent financial management to start-up groups to ensure such units mature to Saccos and Cooperatives. Former Commissioner of Cooperatives Geoffrey Njang’ombe argued that when well equipped with skills and funds management skills, the groups have the potential of expanding…
24 women, youth and People Living with Disability (PWDs) groups in Isiolo County have benefited from a Ksh2.4 million economic empowerment programme under the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) kitty. The groups drawn from across the 10 wards in the county received cheques of between Ksh100,000 and Ksh130,000 through the office of the county…
Embu stakeholders in the khat farming industry now want the government to delist the crop as a drug and classify it as a food crop. They want both miraa and muguka, the two sub-species of the khat family, to be included in the food basket of the country to improve its production and sale. Talking…
Bishop Meshach Mukwili of the Africa Brotherhood Church has urged both the national and county governments to provide more soft loans to farmers to enable them expand farms, create employment and boost food production. Speaking during a leaders’ forum in Wote Church, the bishop also reiterated that there is need for farmers to embrace technology so…
Embu County has targeted to have all its adult population in cooperative societies. County Director of Cooperatives David Muriuki said sector stakeholders in the county are focused on recruiting 600,000 members, which the approximate number of people in the adult bracket. He said the cooperative movement in Embu controls up to Ksh14 billion in liquid…
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mithika Linturi has urged farmers across the country to register with the Ministry in order to benefit from the government’s subsidy on fertilizers. Speaking at Luuma Primary School in Tigania East when he helped raise funds for the construction of a multi-purpose hall, the CS said…
John Gitonga did not know what to do after he dropped out of a teacher training college for lack of fees. His world came crushing down like a house of cards, but Ksh5,000 hit his refresh button to open his entrepreneurial mind to opportunities around him. But what can five thousand do? It can buy…
Rose Wambua, a former banker at Cooperative Bank of Kenya, has urged upon the government to partner with the private sector to create jobs and fight poverty. Addressing women groups at Kawethei village in Kangundo constituency, Wambua said the private sector plays an important role in the growth of the economy and that job creation…
Dr Joseph Mwiti’s innovation of manufacturing cement using clay will serve as a welcome relief to thousands of Kenyans who aspire to build home. Dr Mwiti, a lecturer who teaches Chemistry at Meru University of Science and Technology (MUST), believes that using clay to make cement will revolutionize construction and provide a solution to high…
