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Meru County seeks to boost revenue with structured parking fees

Sacco ReviewSeptember 2, 202503 mins

The Meru County Government has introduced a new structured approach to seasonal parking revenue collection. The bid is aimed at enhancing revenue collection and strengthening its partnership with the transport sector. The innovative strategy, which targets matatu and taxi operators, is focused to improve compliance, accountability, and efficiency in revenue collection. In a consultative meeting…

Homa Bay fishermen form Sacco to boost income, net wealth in blue economy

Sacco ReviewSeptember 2, 2025September 3, 202506 mins

Fishermen in Homa Bay have formed a Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (Sacco) to boost their income and promote sustainable fishing. This comes after President William Ruto, during the Blue Economy Summit at Tom Mboya University on May 31, gave the Homa Bay Beach Management Unit Sacco Ksh5 million to strengthen its financial base. During…

Kakamega’s IG Sacco opens recruitment drive to reinforce workforce

Sacco ReviewSeptember 2, 202503 mins

IG Sacco Society Ltd has announced a major recruitment exercise as it seeks to strengthen its workforce and expand its services across the region. The Kakamega-based financial cooperative is calling on qualified professionals to apply for various positions ahead of the September 5, 2025 deadline. The advertised vacancies cover a wide range of roles, including…

10 Machakos groups receive business kits in NGAAF empowerment drive

Sacco ReviewAugust 30, 202502 mins

Women and youth groups in Machakos received assorted items as empowerment from the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) under the patronage of County Woman Representative Joyce Kamene Kasimbi. Ten groups drawn from Machakos Town Sub-county received various items including water tanks, Business umbrellas, apparels, Sufurias and serving spoons, Chairs, tents and egg incubators. Kasimbi…

Kisumu’s Miwani sugarcane farmers oppose plans to covert farmland into residential estates

Sacco ReviewAugust 30, 202508 mins

Sugarcane farmers in Miwani, Kisumu County, have opposed plans to convert more than 100 acres of farmland into residential estates, warning that the move would cripple the sugar industry and undermine food security. The farmers, during a public participation forum, rejected the proposal by Safaricom Investment Cooperative Society to subdivide, fence and grade the land…

Governor Kang’ata lauds Meru dairy success, urges farmers to embrace efficiency and innovation

Sacco ReviewAugust 29, 202503 mins

Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata has lauded the Meru Dairy Cooperative Union success story and urged farmers to embrace efficiency and innovation in order to increase production and profit. Speaking during the benchmarking session with Meru Dairy Cooperative Union held at the Meru County Government headquarters, Kang’ata said that the success of the meru dairy sectore…

Meru and Murang’a counties to partner to empower dairy farmers

Sacco ReviewAugust 28, 2025August 28, 202505 mins

Meru and Murang’a Counties leadership are set to partner in a bid to empower dairy farmers in the two regions. The leaders pledged to work together in strengthening the dairy sector following a benchmarking visit by a Murang’a delegation led by Governor Irungu Kang’ata to the Meru Dairy Cooperative Union plant. The visit, which brought…

Gov’t to establish SEZ in Kisumu’s Miwani 2000 acres land

Sacco ReviewAugust 27, 2025August 27, 202503 mins

The government has acquired 2,000 acres of land in Miwani, Kisumu County, for the establishment of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), aimed at boosting industrial growth and job creation in the region. Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga said the land, formerly part of the defunct Miwani Sugar Company Nucleus Estate, will host factories and industries…

Kajiado Assembly kicks off oversight tour of livestock sale yard and slaughter houses

Sacco ReviewAugust 27, 202502 mins

The Kajiado County Assembly Committee on Agriculture has kicked off an oversight tour of livestock sale yards and slaughterhouses within the county. The committee led by Chairperson Joseph Mutunkei (MCA, Ildamat ward) inspected Kiserian Livestock Market and Slaughter Yard in Kajiado West. The visit focuses on sanitation, infrastructure, revenue collection, animal welfare, and regulatory compliance….

FAO, Makueni County partner to transform livestock feed production in the region

Sacco ReviewAugust 27, 202502 mins

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced plans to work with Makueni County in a five year project that will transform livestock feed production and create opportunities for young people. The project, known as Creating Shared Value in the Livestock Sector with Young People in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands,…