Sacco Review | The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
By Peter Otuoro Tower Sacco members has elected Patrick Thogo as their new director in a competitive election which was held at Olkalou Primary School in Nyandarua County. Thogo got 222 votes against his close competitor former director James Mwangi get 219 votes. The new director promised to initiate a mass recruitment of new members…
By Roy HezronVihiga County Government has committed to support Savings and Credit Co-operatives (Saccos) throughestablishment of a revolving fund.Speaking during a stakeholders meeting to discuss the performance of the Vihiga County Traders Saccoin December 2022, the County Governor Dr. Wilber Ottichilo hinted that the Sacco, which mainly drawsits membership from micro and small traders, would…
By Agnes Orang’o Komarock Housing Cooperative Society members have been urged to avoid unnecessary land sales and instead invest on the lands to secure their future. Speaking to members during one of the society’s meetings, the society’s chairman Bernard Maembe expressed concern over the increased land sales. “Most of you inherited your land from your…
By Norah Musega museganorah@gmail.com Migori county government potato plant remain locked as farmers continue to witness losses amid harassment by middle men in the county. The project was launched earlier this year by European Union ambassador Henrietta Geiger, the then Permanent Secretary in the ministry of devolution Julius Korir and former Migori governor Okoth Obado….
By Reporter Members of the Komarock Housing society are about to settle a long-running dispute over their land following resolutions reached by members at a convened Annual General Meeting recently. The land in question has been subject to court cases which have dragged on for over a decade but now the society is braced…
By Mutuvi Janet Integrated Community Organization for Sustainable Empowerment and Education for Development (ICOSEED) has urged farmers in Kirinyaga County to embrace biotechnology in farming activities to boost food production and fetch more profit. Patrick Gitari, chairperson of ICOSEED has said that farmers will be taken through by the non-governmental organization on how GM technology…
By Kamau Njoroge Karibu Kenya Ventures Limited, a regional microfinance company based in Thika, has rebranded into Incredo Finance as it seeks to spread its wings in the financial services industry. The microfinance, which mainly targets Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), is seeking to grow its customer base to 50,000 in a span of…
By Emmanuel Gwakoi Gusii Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (GCFCU) Chief Executive Officer Robert Mainya has disclosed that coffee hawking has affected operations of coffee farmers’ cooperative societies and farmers earning. Speaking to Education News in his office, Mainya argued that farmers who sell their produce to middlemen and private millers deny the cooperatives the chance…
By Obegi Malack obegimalack@gmail.com Magadi Road Zone Online Drivers Sacco members have been challenged to join workers union for protection of their rights, improvement of their wages and good working conditions. Transport Workers Union Kenya (TAWU)had held a meeting with the Sacco members in Siron Place Ongata Rongai and educated them on importance of joining…
By Fredrick Odiero Migori County’s Department of Cooperatives has now embarked on a major sensitization and capacity building programme for sector members and officials in order to strengthen the sector. According to area Director of Cooperatives Justus Nyangwecha, the move is aimed at revitalizing dormant cooperatives and further strengthening active ones. Nyangwecha told Sacco Review…
