Sacco Review | The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
By Boniface Mulu Kitui Tisuka Women Federation has extended its reach and currently is serving a total of 228 self-help groups with a total of 2,573 members. The federation’s chairlady, Elizabeth Maingi, said that they have 15 cluster level associations with 240 members. “We are supporting 10,173 directly in many ways including empowering them socially…
By Collins Akong’o Saccos in Mombasa County have been urged to seriously embrace information and communication technology in order to enhance efficiency in service delivery. County Co-operatives Director, Nelson Nyoro said technology was the surest way of offering quality services. He was speaking during Tramom Sacco recent annual general meeting. The Sacco supervising committee chairlady…
By Wasike Elvis Uasin Gishu County Cooperatives and Enterprise Development Executive Esther Mutai has challenged counties to support the cooperative movement. Speaking in Eldoret town recently, Mutai said this is the only way the country’s economic growth would be propelled to greater heights and subsequently empower the locals. “We should embrace the culture of saving…
By Erick Nyayiera There is need for a uniform legislation to help manage the operations and management of co-operative societies. Kisumu County Co-operatives Commissioner Zephaniah Osok has observed that whereas the co-operative movement was fully devolved, counties have demonstrated lack of capacity to initiate and oversee improvement in the key sector. He opined that a…
By Jackson Okoth Saccos in Nairobi have been challenged to position themselves and take advantage of the State’s Big Four Agenda investments especially on the housing sector. Nairobi County Executive Committee (CEC) Member in charge of Co-operatives, Wachira Gichohi, urged co-operative societies to position themselves to contribute towards achievement of the housing pillar in national…
By Rosemil Oduor Members of the co-operative societies will now have the responsibility of determining how long their leaders hold positions, acting Commissioner for Cooperatives Didacus Ityeng’ has said. He said with the introduction of a new draft co-operative policy, co-operatives will have more self-regulation. The new policy will only allow for government interference in…
By Rosemil Oduor President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to launch a Sh110 million banana processing and value addition plant in Taita Taveta. The plant is to be constructed with a grant from the European Union. Taita Taveta Banana Farmers’ Co-operative Society (TATABA) chair Constantine Malai asked farmers to embrace banana planting so as to enjoy…
By Jackson Okoth The curtain has already come down on the Annual Delegates or General Meetings by members of Deposit-Taking Saccos, this publication provides you with a list of some of the most rewarding financial societies in terms of what they paid members as Dividends on Share Capital as well as rebates or Interest on…
By Staff Writer Poultry farmers in Kiambu County have registered a co-operative society so as to fetch better prices for their produce and fight imports. The society is expected to provide breeders with affordable credit to increase production and quality. According to Zachary Munyambu, County Co-operative Society coordinator, 404 farmers from Kiambu have already registered…
By Jackson Okoth The theme of this year’s International co-operatives day, to be held on the first Saturday of July, is ‘Co-ops 4 Decent Work’. Participating co-op societies will be awarded based on their functions (Saccos, Housing and Investment Co-ops, Marketing Societies), sector (employer, agriculture or community- based) and also based on the size of…
