SACCO Saccos
Ben Oroko

How Saccos can assist members to spread out their investments

Saccos are democratically owned and member-controlled financial institutions that play a pivotal role in Kenya’s financial services economy. These credit cooperatives more often than not provide a wide range of products and financial services to their members, including but not limited to savings, loans, insurance and investment. Saccos can play an important role in assisting…

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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua addresses Embu residents today.

State keen on fulfilling affordable housing promise, DP Gachagua says

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said that the Government is committed to ensure the success of the affordable housing programme. He said the programme is enabling youth earn their daily bread and has also assisted in reducing cases of alcoholism and drug abuse. “The President is very clear on his intention which is for the…

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Ufundi Sacco Plaza. Photo: Courtesy

Ufundi Cooperative sacco announces sale of tower to clear debt

Ufundi Savings and Credit Co-operative Society Limited has announced the sale of it’s 14-storeyed building, Ufundi Co-op Plaza, at the junction of Moi Avenue and Moktar Daddah Street. In a local daily newspaper notice dated February 29, 2024, the Sacco has invited bidders for the iconic building Nairobi Central Business District that will be sold…

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Raila Odinga.

Raila: I have the secret to successful affordable housing programme

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has said that he has the solution to the problems bedeviling the implementation of the government’s affordable housing project and he is only bidding his time before coming to the rescue. Raila said he is the only Kenyan who has the secret and blueprint to the success of the project because…

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Principal-Secretary-for-Mining-Elijah-Mwangi

Small co-operatives to reap big in affordable housing projects, says PS

The government will use small-scale mining cooperatives to supply construction materials for the affordable housing projects across the country. Mining Principal Secretary (PS) Elijah Mwangi said that his department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Housing Department for the miners to provide over 60 percent of the materials required for the projects. Speaking…

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Housing Director urges Kenyans to support affordable Govt’s housing programme

National Housing Corporation (NHC) Director Joshua Nyamori has asked Kenyans to support the Affordable Housing Programme aimed at providing affordable housing. The Director, who is also a Lawyer, said that the programme aims to ensure low-income earners have access to decent housing. Nyamori, who was speaking in Kisumu during a housing exhibition, he observed that…

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Real estate stakeholders seek Govt intervention over delayed issuance of title deeds

Players in the real estate sector have raised alarm over delays in the processing of title deeds. Association of Real Estate Stakeholders Chairman Kinyua Wa Iratu claims the delays have been occasioned by rampant corruption in various land registries infiltrated by cartels. He noted that some unilateral decisions like changes in land rates and other…

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Smallscale mining cooperatives to supply affordable housing materials

The government will use small-scale miners’ cooperatives to supply construction materials for affordable housing projects across the country. Mining Principal Secretary (PS) Elijah Mwangi said that his department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Housing Department for the miners to provide over 60 percent of the materials required for the projects. Speaking in…

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Kenyans urged to use Boma Yangu to access affordable mortgages

The National Housing Corporation (NHC) has urged Kenyans to use its digital platform, Boma Yangu, to secure affordable housing mortgages through the e-Citizen platform. NHC board member Joshua Nyamori said that the platform, which he said is the gateway to the Affordable Housing Program, enables Kenyans to buy houses at market-friendly rates on both short…

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PS Hinga: Housing Fund will offer affordable housing to millions

Principal Secretary (PS) of Housing and Urban Development Charles Hinga has defended the housing levy, arguing that it aims to provide housing to millions of people who lack the means to build, purchase or secure a mortgage for their own homes. The PS said in Nairobi, one of Africa’s most developed cities, 90 percent of…

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