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The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
The ongoing coffee reforms are bearing fruit as prices at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) shoot up to all-time highs, the last week of February auction has given the solid proof. During the week’s auction on February 27, 2024, the prices rose to $9 million (approximately KSh717. 5 million), with action volume increasing to KSh1.3…
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) released a list teachers whose remittances to Metropolitan Sacco had been stopped and those who are still active members. In a letter dated April 4, signed by TSC CEO Dr Nancy Macharia, directed to clerk of Senate, she said 11,310 teachers’ remittances were stopped while 2,401 teachers were still members…
Some 268, 000 government-backed locally assembled smartphones have been sold to Kenyans since the first consignment was unveiled to the market end of October last year. The figure translate to 80 per cent of the 330, 000 phones assembled. Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications and the Digital Economy, Eliud Owalo speaking at Aga Khan University’s…
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…
Mentor Sacco Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Joyce Waceke Ndegwa is one of the most highly rated female leaders in the cooperative sector in Kenya. Waceke, the lead actor in this increasingly illustrious cooperative society, exhibits deep knowledge of the Sacco sub-sector. “You need to understand your industry thoroughly; new and emerging trends, and threats and…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
