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Nairobi’s Cooperative movement best in Africa, assets hit KSh618 billion

Sacco ReviewMay 8, 202407 mins

The success of the Cooperative movement in Nairobi City County is a key player in the economic situation of the entire country with total assets base of KSh618 billion. The county has a well-established department called the Business and Hustler Opportunities sector endowed with technocrats overseeing capacity building of the sector and providing round the…

Railway Housing Co-op notifies buyers of plots in Embakasi to collect title deeds

Sacco ReviewApril 25, 2024April 25, 202403 mins

Railway Housing Co-Operative Society Ltd (RAHOSO) has requested the buyers of the land in Utawala area, Embakasi to visit the society’s offices to obtain title deeds. The property, Land Reference Number 7340/70 has been sub-divided into 73 plots. The plots have been further sub-divided and sold to different buyers. Through a notice in a local…

Government keen on clearing arrears owed to coffee, dairy farmers

Sacco ReviewApril 24, 202406 mins

State Department of Cooperatives Permanent Secretary Patrick Kilemi has assured farmers that the Government has put in place measures to pay them and relieve them from mounting debts and market uncertainties. The PS who appeared before the National Assembly Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives chaired by Aldai Member of Parliament Maryanne Keitany assured the…

Diamond Trust Bank unveils seven new branches

Sacco ReviewApril 22, 202402 mins

DTB Bank has opened new seven branches across the country. These include Gikomba, Eastleigh (BBS Mall), Karen Hardy, Ongata Rongai, Kapsabet, Kenol in Murang’a and Bondeni in Mombasa. The DTB Group Chief Executive Nasim Devji said the unveiling of these new branches is a testament to unwavering commitment of the lender to bring services closer…

Co-op professional body releases this year’s training plan for sector players

Sacco ReviewApril 22, 2024April 22, 202407 mins

The Kenya Society of Professional Co-operators (KSPC) has officially released its training plan for this year targeting key players in the sector. The training, spread out throughout the year started February, will basically target Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and their deputies (D/CEOs), Heads of Departments (HoDs), Boards and Supervisory Committees, and staff working in the…

Jamii DT Sacco posts impressive growth to pay high dividends in 2023

Sacco ReviewApril 20, 2024April 20, 202406 mins

Jamii Sacco has recorded growth in gross revenue by 4 per cent in the year ended December 2023, rising from Ksh 657.8 million to Ksh 682.5 million. Based on the good performance in this and a diversity of other parameters, the board paid out dividends on share capital and savings at the rates of 13…

Report shows an acre of land in Nairobi suburbs hit record high of KSh203 million

Sacco ReviewApril 19, 202402 mins

Land prices in Nairobi’s suburbs defied tough economy to increase by 1.3 per cent per acre on average in the first quarter of 2024, shows HassConsult’s latest land price index. According to the report, average price per acre in the satellite estates now is KSh203.7 million, surpassing the KSh200 million mark for the recorded in…

Nairobi fourth wealthiest city in Africa with 4,400 super-rich individuals

Sacco ReviewApril 17, 2024April 17, 202403 mins

The latest African Wealth Report for 2024 shows places Nairobi as fourth wealthiest City as South Africa cities and regions dominate the Top 10 wealthiest on the African continent. According to the report, the number of super-rich in Kenya’s Capital City increased by 25 per cent to 4,400 in 2023 compared to more than 10…

Asili Sacco recruits a record 3,500 members in 2023 as it casts net wider

Sacco ReviewApril 17, 2024April 17, 202403 mins

Asili Deposit Taking Sacco Society Limited, taking a huge leap in performance across board, pulled a major stunt in membership as 3,500 more were added into the fold in the year ended December 2023. In financial reports released by the Sacco National Chairman Evans Kegode Aluda during the Sacco Annual Delegates Meeting (AGM) in KICD…

Iconic Hilton Hotel in Nairobi’s CBD put up for sale

Sacco ReviewApril 17, 2024April 17, 202403 mins

Interested parties have been invited to purchase iconic Hilton Hotel situated in the Nairobi’s Central Business District. Both State and Hilton International Hotel Limited on Tuesday, April 16, separately invited expressions of interest from willing buyers to acquire 100 per cent equity stake in the hotel. In an advertisement published in one of the dailies…