Ebusia Unity Sacco holds board elections during inaugural AGM

Ebusia Unity Sacco Ltd held elections for the Board of Management during the inaugural AGM held at Busia Agricultural Training Centre. Former Member of County Assembly for Namboboto/Nambuku Ward Hon Vincent Olumbe was elected chairman as Ashley Oundo, Nick Ajuma and Liz Wafula were elected vice chairperson, Secretary and treasurer respectively. Other board members elected were…

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Bungoma County leaders urge youth to embrace avocado farming

Bungoma county leaders have urged the youth in the region to embrace hass avocado farming as an alternative source of income. Speaking during the official opening of Sisi Village produce demonstration centre for hass avocado and bee keeping projects in Kanduyi constituency, area MP John Makali and his Bumula counterpart Jack Wamboka urged locals to…

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Avocado farmers in Kakamega form cooperative society

Avocado farmers in Kakamega county have launched a cooperative society to guide them on the best farming practices of the produce and in preparation for the county government rollout of a World Bank project aimed at promoting avocado farming in the county. Speaking during their first AGM, Mumbo Avocado Farmers’ Cooperative Society Chairman Maxwell Shamala…

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Recognize Kakamega as blue economy county, fish farmers urge Govt

Fish farmers from Kakamega County have called upon the government to recognize the county among the blue economy counties in the country. Led by Kakamega Fish Farmers Cooperative Chairman Laban Mwanzo, the farmers argued that the county hugely contributes to the growth of the already established blue economy counties by supplying, producing and packaging fish…

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SACCO Co-operatives

CS urges Saccos to embrace new technology for relevance, sustainability

Cooperatives and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development Cabinet Secretary (CS) Simon Chelugui has urged Saccos to embrace the emerging Financial Technology (FinTech) innovations for relevance and sustainability. The CS emphasized the importance of cooperatives and Saccos in achieving financial inclusion for the majority of the Kenyan population in line with the government’s Bottom-up Economic…

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How welfare group is positively changing retirees’ lives

The Retired Officers Welfare (ROWE) group, is redefining the art of retirement in the serene rural heartlands of Kakamega North County. Their story, a testament to the pursuit of both economic prosperity and community, unfolds against the backdrop of the attractive Kakamega landscape. Comprising retired individuals, ROWE stands as a stark contrast to the solitude…

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Stakeholders call for urgent implementation of reforms to revive sugar sub-sector

The Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) has called for the implementation of the past recommendations seeking to revive the ailing sugar sub-sector. Speaking during a sugar summit in Kakamega, LREB chairperson Professor Peter Anyang Nyong’o said the resolutions, such as those contained in the 2019 Sugar Industry Stakeholders Task Force Report were good hence the…

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Redefine role of Saccos in new sugar law, stakeholders urge Govt

Leaders and farmers from the sugar belt want the role of Saccos redefined in the new sugar law to drive sugarcane development activities. Speaking during a sugar summit held in Kakamega, the leaders proposed that Saccos and outgrowers companies be the key drivers in sugar development and management. “Notable cane out growers companies and Saccos…

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