Sacco Review|The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
The importance of Saccos as suitable vehicles for mobilising local savings and extending affordable credit to their members requires no belabouring. The impact of the Sacco movement on the country’s economy has over the years been hailed as significant and a success story in the region and beyond. Stories abound that some big Saccos are…
Co-operative professionals and practitioners through their body the Kenya Society of Professional Cooperators (KSPC) have called upon the government through the State Department for Co-operatives to address the matter of timely data and information in cooperatives. The practitioners have further recommended for the establishment of an information and document portal with links to various users….
The national government has issued guidelines on approval of maximum borrowing powers by cooperatives. Commissioner for Cooperatives Development David Obonyo stated that the guidelines are to enhance good governance and leadership in the cooperative sector. In a letter dated August 16, 2023 directed to County Directors/ Commissioners for Cooperatives, CEO/MD- Cooperative Alliance of Kenya, Chairpersons…
The Kazi Mtaani Programme was launched in April 2020 to cushion the unemployed youth from the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic across the 1450 wards in the country. Those recruited into the programme mainly engaged in menial jobs in urban areas. Though the programme was at times characterized by intermittent delays in payments, it…
One of the most important things a Sacco should do to succeed is to focus on elaborate flow of information. Sacco leaders should ask themselves the extent to which members have access to necessary information about their Sacco. It is important for members to know everything about their Sacco right from their savings, loans eligibility,…
Experts and other stakeholders in the cooperative movement have been challenged to offer professional guidance on prudent financial management to start-up groups to ensure such units mature to Saccos and Cooperatives. Former Commissioner of Cooperatives Geoffrey Njang’ombe argued that when well equipped with skills and funds management skills, the groups have the potential of expanding…
Garissa County Cooperative Officer Samuel Karanja has made a passionate appeal to youth and women in the area to form cooperative societies in order to uplift their living standards. He added that his office will soon embark on countywide campaign to popularize the cooperative movement. ‘’My office is ready with all the necessary assistance for…
Nyeri County government will train all cooperative society officials to enhance prudent management in the sector. Governor Mutahi Kahiga said the training will be done annually. “We shall be getting all the board members from coffee, milk cooperatives and Saccos among others and train them so that their management and governance skills are enhanced,” he…
A cooperative society baseline survey conducted recently found that many Saccos have no websites, email addresses and other digital assets, resulting in the low level of digitization in cooperative societies governed by the State Department of Cooperatives (SDC). Earlier on, the SDC engaged in a campaign urging co-operative movements notably the Saccos to go digital…
Former State Department for Cooperatives Principal Secretary Ali Noor Ismail is a happy man. He says that the cooperative sector achieved a lot during his tenure. “I was appointed as the PS under the Jubilee Government in Labour and later on at the State Department for Cooperatives in 2015,” he says. He had a short…
