Sacco Review | The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
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Kenyan coffee farmers have earned a significant boost this week after the Nairobi Coffee Exchange recorded sales worth Ksh553.1 million. The auction, held in Nairobi, saw 10,494 bags of coffee sold to twelve local and international buyers. This is a major increase from the previous week’s total of Sh190.5 million, signaling renewed strength in the…
Parliament has passed the Equalisation Fund Appropriation Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 21 of 2025), setting in motion the release of Ksh. 16.8 billion to support the delivery of basic services in Kenya’s marginalised areas during the 2025/2026 financial year. The Bill gives legal effect to Article 204(1) of the Constitution, which establishes the Equalisation…
The National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives has urged a new team tasked with modernizing the saving and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs) sector in Kenya to speed up the process. The committee pledged full support to the new team, as Chairperson Benard Shinali (Ikolomani) gave the assurance during a meeting with the…
A Nairobi-based law expert, Melisa Achieng, has offered valuable guidance on how to safeguard inherited land from encroachment and fraudulent transactions in the wake of increasing land fraud. According to Achieng, landowners should take proactive steps to protect their properties to avoid protracted land disputes. “Obtaining a confirmed grant and registering the land in your…
Principal Secretary State Department for Agriculture, Dr. Kipronoh Ronoh has called for stronger regulatory frameworks to eliminate tea hacking and illegal trade practices. The PS spoke when he led the Ministry’s representation in Mombasa during a critical submission to the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, chaired by Dr. John Mutunga, on the Tea Bill…
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has once again revised the minimum sugarcane price upwards. The prices have been raised from Ksh5, 500 to Ksh5, 750 per tonne, just three months after the last increase, which had seen the price move from Ksh5, 250 to Ksh5,500 per tonne in April. The latest Ksh250 increment…
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has issued a strong call to farmers to weed out corrupt officials from cooperative societies, warning that graft within agricultural SACCOs is fast eroding the backbone of the farming sector. Speaking on Sunday, July 27, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Sirisia Constituency, Bungoma County, Wetang’ula criticized the rampant mismanagement…
The government through the National Irrigation Authority, (NIA) and the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation is spearheading the Galana Kulalu Food Security Project which aims to transform previously arid land into fertile, food-producing zones bolstering Kenya’s food security. The NIA’s primary role has been to construct essential irrigation infrastructure, including a comprehensive canal system,…
The SACCO Sector Conference 2025 will be held in Kisumu from 20th to 22nd Aug 2025 Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) has announced. The conference is organized by ICPAK under the theme “Strengthening SACCO Governance and Leadership for Sustainable Growth.” It will bring together the Sacco industry leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders to…
The Cooperative model is now seen as a significant cog in the wheel that drives social development worldwide and one that is people-centred and is set to receive recognition in the upcoming November summit in Doha. Konstantinos Papadakis, Principal Social Affairs Officer at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), has disclosed that…
