Sacco Review | The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
Citibank NA has scooped the best bank in the country at the Think Business Banking Awards 2024 with Standard Chartered and Equity came in at position two and three. Citibank also was named the best inb corporate banking, internet banking and product innovation categories. I&M Group PLC was recognized as the best customer-centric bank, and…
In 2023, Westlands attracted more office and real estate investors compared to other regions in the Nairobi Metropolitan Area (NMA) thus raising its rental yields. This was largely contributed by attractive business atmosphere and good road network. The average rental yields were 8.5 per cent which is 0.8 per cent higher than the average market…
Kilifi North Sub-county in Kilifi County has registered five new cooperative societies, Sacco Review has learnt. Kilifi North Sub-county cooperative officer, Julius Mwamuye told Sacco Review in Kilifi town recently that one dormant cooperative society, Kilifi Riders Sacco has been revived. He further said that two dormant cooperative societies in the sub-county have been set for…
Family Bank Board of Directors has appointed Architect Francis Gitau Mungai as the new Chairman of the board, replacing long-serving Chairman Dr Wilfred Kiboro. Francis Mungai holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree with First-Class Honours from the University of Nairobi and a Master’s Degree in Architecture from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). READ…
Mi Vida Homes, a reputable property developer signed a partnership with Kimisitu Sacco and has allowed the members to invest in its residential projects in Garden City, Nairobi. The Garden City Project sits on a 47-acre land with a mixed-use urban development comprising residential units commercial spaces, offices, retail outlets, and recreational amenities. It offers…
I&M Group’s first quarter report of this year shows that the bank has a profit of KSh3.32 billion, an increase of 31 per cent from the KSh2.5 billion recorded last year. Interest income, which grew by 38 per cent to KSh8.8 billion, greatly influenced the profit growth. The growth in net interest income offset a 9.4…
Safaricom Investment Co-operative, in a move to expand its footprints across the country, has launched its 158th land project in Eldoret project. The 30- acre project dubbed ‘Adelaide Creek’ consists of quarter-acre projects priced at KSh2.5 million with amenities such as graded murram roads, a chain-like fence, and readily available electricity and water connections. SIC,…
More than 70 per cent Airbnb operators in Western Kenya tourism circuit are not paying the 2 per cent tourism levy as the law stipulates. Tourism Act, requires various entities offering accommodation services to remit levies based on income generated every month. The levy payable is two per cent of income generated per month for accommodation, and…
Kenya’s KCB Group’s pretax profit for the first quarter of this year jumped 53 per cent, assisted by higher interest income, it announced on Wednesday, May 22. The lender, which also operates in Uganda ,Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Burundi, said pretax profit rose to KSh21.16 billion from KSh13.85 billion in the…
Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris has urged the National Treasury to push the 5 per cent withholding tax on the interest income earned from the infrastructure bonds to 20 per cent. She revealed this in a statement on Thursday, May 16, 2024 seen by Sacco Review where she noted that the current proposed tax will…
