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President Ruto commends cooperative sector, highlights key achievements during Ushirika Day 2025

Sacco ReviewJuly 15, 2025010 mins

President William Ruto has commended the cooperative sector for creating jobs, enhancing rural livelihoods, and unlocking the full potential of the country’s economic growth as he highlight key achievements in the sector through his administration. In his speech read by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi during International Cooperative Day Celebrations at KICC, Nairobi on 12th…

Will Ministry of Cooperatives be merged with another ministry in the upcoming changes?

Sacco ReviewJuly 11, 2024July 11, 202402 mins

Cooperative sector stakeholders are now waiting to see if the President Willaim Ruto will keep the Ministry of Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development as standalone ministry or it will be absorbed by other ministries. This is after President dismissing all members of his Cabinet including Attorney General. Ruto announced that only Prime…

“Save more to allow the Govt to borrow locally”

Sacco ReviewJuly 10, 2023July 12, 202302 mins

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has called on Kenyans to embrace the saving culture so that the Govt can borrow funds from within instead of getting loans from outside. Speaking at Kinoru stadium in Meru town during Solution Sacco’s 30th-anniversary celebrations, the DP noted that the cooperative sector is a key pillar of driving economic growth…

How Mburia has changed the cooperative sector landscape

Sacco ReviewMarch 22, 2022March 22, 2022023 mins

In his lifetime, Symon Mburia has taken a leading role in transforming the co-operative movement in the country. He has taken part in drafting and formulating major polices governing the co-operative movement, and also ensuring that the co-operative movement is managed professionally through his leadership in the newly formed Kenya Society of Professional Co-operators (KSPC)…