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Taveta traders to benefit from KSh70 million modern market

Sacco ReviewMarch 1, 2024March 1, 202406 mins

Traders in Taveta Sub- county, Taita Taveta County are set to benefit from a KSh70 million modern market under construction in partnership National Government and county administration. The State is collaborating with the county under Economic Stimulus Programme. Speaking on Thursday, February 29 during the meeting with traders for deliberations on the construction of the…

Wavinya donates KSh1 million to Mlolongo boda bodas, gifts talented girl

Sacco ReviewMarch 1, 2024March 1, 202403 mins

A Mlolongo-based boda boda Sacco has received KSh1 million from Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti to increase their investment. Samsa Boda Boda Sacco received the cheque at the Liberty Grounds in Mlolongo on February 24, 2024 during a public participation forum on the 2024/2025 Fiscal Strategy Plan. The jubilant riders welcomed Governor Wavinya and her entourage…

Kericho youths to benefit from commerce chamber loans

Sacco ReviewMarch 1, 2024March 1, 202404 mins

Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) Kericho branch will assist youths in the county to venture into small scale businesses through access to funds and financial training. The chairman of the branch Pastor Robinson Bett said the youths in the county urgently need financial help which should be provided after financial trainings and…

New banana export market excites Taita Taveta farmers

Sacco ReviewFebruary 29, 2024February 29, 202405 mins

Taita Taveta County in partnership with Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT) plans to export about 700 metric tonnes of organic bananas to Denmark, a deal which will make the county farmers one of the first in the country to export the organic produce. According to MESPT, the joint project has identified 500 small holder…

Traders’ Sacco in Garissa pleads with county over planned demolition of stalls

Sacco ReviewFebruary 29, 2024March 1, 202405 mins

Sukuma Gate Sacco members are pleading with the County Government of Garissa not to demolish their stalls where they have been earning their daily bread for long. The members, mostly comprising mama mbogas and petty traders decried the planned eviction from their stalls after Garissa Municipality, through the Enforcement Notice, Form P.P.A. 7, dated January…

Minister pledges to support Kitui women self help groups

Sacco ReviewFebruary 28, 2024March 1, 202405 mins

The East African Community, Arid Lands and Regional Development Cabinet Secretary Peninah Malonza on Saturday, February 24, 2024 led a funds drive in aid of some 65 women groups from Kitui County. The event took place at the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) Kitui Regional Research Centre where the Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium…

One-year-old Sacco becomes youngest to hold AGM this year

Sacco ReviewFebruary 27, 2024February 28, 202409 mins

The Market Day Traders Savings and Cooperative Society has become the youngest to hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) this year. The fast growing Sacco which is barely one-year-old has surprised players in the cooperative industry due to its fast paced growth in the fast changing trends within the sub sector. According to the Chairman…

Why Kisumu City manager ordered PSVs out of petrol stations

Sacco ReviewFebruary 26, 2024February 28, 202403 mins

Kisumu City Manager Abala Wanga has ordered all Public Services Vehicles (PSVs) operating and has offices within petrol stations, to cease their operations in such places effective March 10, 2024. In a signed Statutory Public Notice, Wanga said the move is one of the ongoing efforts to enhance the efficiency and orderliness of public transport…

Join Saccos to secure affordable loans, NGO tells Taita Taveta residents

Sacco ReviewFebruary 26, 2024February 29, 202407 mins

Five Talents Kenya (FTK) Board Chairman Rt. Rev. Dr. Joseph Muchai has asked the residents of Taita Taveta County to consider joining Cooperative Societies which he said will go a long way in uplifting their lives through affordable loans. “While in Sacco, it’s very easy for you to get a loan unlike when you need…

Cane farmers want to be paid KSh6,050 per tonne

Sacco ReviewFebruary 26, 2024February 26, 202405 mins

Cane farmers have told Sugar millers that they won’t accept less than KSh6050 per tonne for cane delivered to the factories for milling. The farmers declared that the payment per ton as from this month (February) will only be reviewed upwards and not downwards as has been the trend for many years. The sentiments were…