Retired public servants call for release of withheld SACCO savings

Hundreds of retired public servants are demanding urgent government action over delayed Sacco payments, some of which have remained unsettled since the early 1990s. The Retirees Benefits and Claims Welfare Association of Kenya (REBECLWAK) has formally written to the Ministry of Cooperatives, urging CS Wycliffe Oparanya to intervene. In a letter dated July 9, 2025,…

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Co-operatives and MSMEs Development CS Wycliffe Oparanya/photo file

Oparanya unveils bold SACCO reforms after Ksh 13B scandal

Co-operatives and MSMEs Development CS Wycliffe Oparanya stood before SACCO leaders at Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co-operatives (KUSCCO).on 23 June, 2025, and delivered an upbeat progress report on the sector clean-up launched after the KSh 13 billion KUSCCO scandal. He said investigative files have been handed over for prosecution and promised that “every…

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Coorperatives and MSMEs CS Wyckliffe Oparanya/photo courtesy

CS Oparanya orders Cooperatives, MSMEs to file annual returns or face deregistration

Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives and MSMEs,  CS Wycliffe Oparanya, has ordered all cooperative societies that have not filed their annual returns to do so by June 30, or risk deregistration. “As stipulated under the Cooperative Societies Act, all cooperative societies, including unions, national cooperative organizations, and apex cooperatives, are required to file their annual returns…

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Former KUSCCO directors challenges order to vacate office

In the midst of a growing leadership struggle within the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives (KUSCCO), former directors who were recently ousted from office are protesting the decision and the official removal order. The former directors who are now directors and executives in various SACCOs were removed from the KUSCCO office after the…

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CS Co-operatives Wycliffe Oparanya with PS for Cooperatives, Patrick Kilemi and other leaders in the New KCC.

Govt will not settle SACCO dues KCC deducted from former employees, CS Mbadi tells senators

Former employees of Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC) have sought the Senate Committee on Labour and Social Welfare to secure their KES 204 million in unpaid dues. The committee has summoned National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi who did not appear before the committee but sent a notice asserting that the Government is under no obligation…

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