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Speaker Wetang’ula pledges to champion coffee farming revival in Bungoma

Sacco ReviewDecember 26, 202503 mins

The Coffee Revival Movement has recently gained fresh momentum in Western Kenya after National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula committed to supporting the KahawaNiDollar campaign. Addressing residents in Bungoma County, Wetang’ula pledged to spearhead efforts to restore coffee farming as a central economic pillar, urging communities to re-embrace the crop and revive its former glory. He…

Revealed: how officials linked to KSh117m Kangunu scandal registered Marga Coffee Society

Sacco ReviewDecember 24, 202504 mins

A new investigative report has revealed how officials previously implicated in the loss of KSh117 million at Kangunu Farmers’ Cooperative Society resurfaced to form a new coffee society in Murang’a County, engaging in coffee hawking and other irregularities, raising alarm over regulatory oversight and farmer protection. The Marga Farmers’ Cooperative Society, registered last year in…

Kenya’s cooperative sector in 2025: Progress, promise and peril

Sacco ReviewDecember 22, 2025011 mins

The year 2025 will be remembered as a defining chapter for Kenya’s cooperative sector, one marked by ambition, innovation, and uncomfortable truths. It was a year when Saccos demonstrated their enduring relevance in a rapidly digitizing economy, while simultaneously confronting one of the most serious governance crises in the history of the movement. Together, these…

Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization to launch National Sacco in January 2026

Sacco ReviewDecember 20, 202507 mins

The Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization (MYWO), Kenya’s largest grassroots women’s network, is gearing up for the official launch of its National Sacco in January 2026, a move poised to revolutionize financial inclusion for women across the country. This initiative comes at a pivotal time as MYWO intensifies efforts to unify, nurture, and empower women socially,…

President Ruto launching the Affordable housing in Mukuru

Government scraps affordable housing deposit for low-income Kenyans to boost homeownership

Sacco ReviewDecember 20, 2025December 20, 202504 mins

Low-income Kenyans earning Sh20,000 or less will now access houses under the Affordable Housing Programme without paying an upfront deposit, following a government waiver designed to ease barriers to homeownership. Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga said the policy targets households that can afford monthly repayments but struggle to raise lump-sum deposits. He explained that while…

KUSPAW calls for nationwide strike over KSh1.9 billion unpaid arrears at leased sugar mills

Sacco ReviewDecember 20, 202504 mins

The Kenya Union of Sugarcane Plantation and Allied Workers (KUSPAW) has announced a nationwide strike from Monday, citing the government’s failure to settle salary and terminal benefits arrears owed to workers at leased state-owned mills, estimated at about KSh1.9 billion. Union Secretary General Francis Wangara said employees at Muhoroni, Chemelil, Nzoia and Sony Sugar will…

Baringo leaders praise government for restoring peace, set sights on development

Sacco ReviewDecember 20, 2025December 20, 202505 mins

Leaders in Baringo County have commended the government for restoring peace in areas once plagued by banditry and cattle rustling, saying the calm has opened the door for renewed investment and socio‑economic growth. Governor Benjamin Cheboi, speaking at the Kabarnet Museum grounds, said insecurity had for years denied residents the chance to enjoy development and…

KWS banks on new technology to secure wildlife and boost tourism

Sacco ReviewDecember 20, 202508 mins

The government has intensified the use of advanced technology and elite ranger units to strengthen wildlife protection and safeguard tourism, as Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rolls out extensive reforms aimed at improving security, conservation outcomes and visitor confidence. Speaking on Friday during the passing-out parade of KWS cadet officers at the KWS Law Enforcement Academy…

CEOs and CFOs to sign SACCOs audited accounts as SASRA tightens accountability

Sacco ReviewDecember 20, 2025December 20, 202506 mins

Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Chief Finance Officer or Finance Manager (CFO or FM) of Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs) must now sign audited financial statements alongside authorized board signatories, a move aimed at cementing personal and collective responsibility for financial reporting in the cooperative sector. The Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) announced the…

Kenya Sugar Board moves to avert strike with pledge on workers’ arrears

Sacco ReviewDecember 20, 202505 mins

The Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) has stepped in to ease mounting labour unrest in the sugar sector, promising prompt payment of arrears to cane workers after the Kenya Union of Sugarcane Plantation and Allied Workers (KUSPAW) threatened a nationwide strike. KSB Chief Executive Officer Jude Chesire said the government is working to ensure that workers…