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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…

Defaulters on Sacco loans accused of denying others chance to borrow

Sacco ReviewApril 17, 2024April 17, 202404 mins

Kericho County Commissioner of Cooperatives Dr Leonard Otii has said defaulters on loans and those who delay repayments are denying other members a chance to use the same facility. Speaking during Simba Chai Sacco’s Annual Delegates Meeting (ADM), Otii was concerned about the high rates of delinquency witnessed in some societies, which he cautioned the…

State keen on fulfilling affordable housing promise, DP Gachagua says

Sacco ReviewApril 16, 2024April 16, 202402 mins

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said that the Government is committed to ensure the success of the affordable housing programme. He said the programme is enabling youth earn their daily bread and has also assisted in reducing cases of alcoholism and drug abuse. “The President is very clear on his intention which is for the…

Kajiado County inspectorate officers will not use excessive force, assures Governor Lenku

Sacco ReviewApril 16, 2024April 16, 202402 mins

Kajiado County Governor Joseph Ole Lenku has said there will be no excessive force and harassment of business people by county inspectorate officers. This is after he graced the pass out of two hundred inspectorate officers who had undergone a rigorous training at Kasarani Stadium which is managed by Sports Kenya. They were trained on…

Imarika DT Sacco assets base hits all time high of KSh13 billion

Sacco ReviewApril 16, 2024April 16, 202403 mins

Imarika Deposit Taking Sacco has recorded remarkable growth in total assets amounting to Ksh13.1 billion. Its impressive performance has seen the SASRA annual report of 2022 rank the Sacco number 16 nationally in terms of assets base and number 11 in terms of profitability. Speaking during their Annual Delegates Meeting held at Travellers Beach Hotel…

Gusii Youth Bunge restructures loans to ease members’ burden

Sacco ReviewApril 15, 2024April 15, 202404 mins

Gusii Youth Bunge Savings and Credit Cooperative Society chairman, Asha Moronya has said the society restructures members loans to ease their burden. Members, notes the official have challenges repaying loans owing to global economic recession and it is necessary for the management to assist them. “We restructure their loans and support them repay the loans…

400 farmers trained on modern farming in Narok West

Sacco ReviewApril 15, 202402 mins

Farmers in Ilmotiok Ward in Narok West, Narok County have undergone a rigorous training for one week which was sponsored by Kupanda2Grow Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation based in Netherlands. Over 400 farmers were taught on the modern farming techniques. READ ALSO: Study finds only 20 per cent of women are saving for retirement Area Governor…

Ndege Chai Sacco targets youth recruitment for sustainability

Sacco ReviewApril 11, 2024April 11, 202406 mins

Ndege Chai Sacco has doubled marketing efforts to attract more youthful members to the society. The Chairman Supervisory Paul K.Mutai told delegates that there was need to focus marketing efforts towards the younger generation to ensure sustainability of the Sacco adding, “as the economy improves opening up opportunities for employment and business for the youth,…

World Bank awards Governor Wavinya for exemplary implementation of projects

Sacco ReviewApril 5, 202407 mins

Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has been feted by the World Bank for helping farmers to improve productivity through their cooperative societies. Governor Wavinya was awarded at the county offices in Mavoko on Wednesday April 3 for her collaborative efforts with the World Bank-funded Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP) to improve agricultural productivity among farmers….