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Committee on cooperative urges new KCC in Sotik to prioritize farmers’ welfare

Sacco ReviewAugust 5, 202503 mins

The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives has challenged the Sotik , New Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) Limited management to recognize and support the efforts of farmers supplying milk to the facility. Members who concluded an inspection visit of the milk processing plant in Bomet County urged officials to prioritise farmers’ welfare…

Makueni hosts Agricultural show, farmers encouraged to embrace modern technologies

Sacco ReviewAugust 4, 2025August 4, 202503 mins

Makueni County recently held an Agricultural show, which brought together farmers and different agriculture stakeholders in the county. Speaking during the official launching of the Show at Makindu ground, deputy governor Lucy Mulili encouraged farmers and society in general to visit the agricultural show to learn different techniques of farming among other modern technologies. …

Kakamega farmers urged to embrace coffee farming to transform lives

Sacco ReviewJuly 31, 202502 mins

The Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives, Micro Small, and Medium Enterprises Development Wycliffe Oparanya and Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa have encouraged farmers in Kakamega County to embrace coffee farming as a way of transforming their livelihoods and boosting the county’s economy. The two leaders made the appeal while leading a coffee farming and agronomy sensitization forum…

Wetang’ula urges farmers to root out corrupt officials in troubled SACCOs

Sacco ReviewJuly 28, 202504 mins

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has issued a strong call to farmers to weed out corrupt officials from cooperative societies, warning that graft within agricultural SACCOs is fast eroding the backbone of the farming sector. Speaking on Sunday, July 27, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Sirisia Constituency, Bungoma County, Wetang’ula criticized the rampant mismanagement…

Laikipia Governor flags off 10,000 coffee seedlings to farmers

Sacco ReviewJuly 25, 202505 mins

In a symbolic push to rejuvenate Kenya’s famed coffee industry, Laikipia Governor Joshua Irungu formally flagged off the delivery of 10,000 certified coffee seedlings—a milestone in the wider “Revival of Coffee through Co-operative Societies Programme.” These seedlings mark the start of an ambitious county-wide rollout aiming to distribute half a million seedlings in Laikipia alone….

Government distributes 1000 doses of sexed semen to farmers to boost dairy sector

Sacco ReviewJuly 12, 202508 mins

The government has distributed 1000 doses of sexed semen to the Meru Cooperative Union farmers in a bid to boost the dairy sector in the region by improving the quality of the breed and increase milk production. Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma lauded the initiative as a sustainable step toward empowering local farmers economically. “This is about creating…

Cooperators urge Senate to enact bill that does not discriminate against farmers

Sacco ReviewJuly 12, 202507 mins

Cooperators in Meru county have called on the Senate to ensure that it enact a bill that does not discriminate against farmers but safeguards their interests. The Meru County Cooperative Forum chairman Ephatus Majau said the Senate should keenly consider the interests of the farmers before passing the Cooperative Bill act which is already before…

Kwale farmers embrace forest cover restoration with eyes on carbon credit funds

Sacco ReviewMay 22, 202509 mins

A section of farmers in three Sub Counties of Kinango, Lunga Lunga and Shimba in Kwale County have started embracing forest cover restoration with eyes on carbon credit funds. Through the Restore Africa program that is implemented by several stakeholders including the Kwale County government and World Vision, more than 20,000 families have already been…

PS Ronoh assures govt will restore profitability to coffee sector

Sacco ReviewDecember 11, 202402 mins

Principal Secretary – State Department for Agriculture, Dr. Kipronoh Ronoh, has assured coffee farmers that the government is committed to restore profitability to the coffee sector. The PS attended Torsogek Coffee Farmers Cooperative in Kericho County to celebrate a key milestone said the coffee industry which supports around 5 million Kenyans must be supported. The…

Governor Lusaka unveils plans to restructure cooperatives for improved farmer support

Sacco ReviewNovember 13, 202403 mins

Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka has revealed plans to restructure cooperative societies to boost their efficiency and allow them support farmers more effectively. Speaking at a burial ceremony in Kabuchai constituency, Lusaka underscored the critical role that cooperatives play in empowering the local farming community and lifting the region’s economic prospects. “Cooperative societies are the lifeline of farmers’…