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U & Me Housing Cooperative launches savings products from Sh50 a day, targets 500,000 new members

Sacco ReviewNovember 9, 2026November 9, 202606 mins

U & Me Housing Cooperative Limited has launched new products aimed at members of the public it says have been left out of mortgage schemes. The Cooperative rolled out the products for members across the country after a two-week sensitisation tour of the Rift Valley, Western and Nyanza regions. Speaking during a members’ forum in…

Saccos disburse Sh33.7B for land and housing in Q1 2026

Sacco ReviewJuly 20, 202604 mins

Saccos disbursed Ksh33.7 billion for land and housing, an 18% increase from Q1 2025. Total Sacco lending rose to Ksh115.7 billion, with education and agriculture among the top sectors financed. Sacco assets grew to Ksh1.21 trillion, while member deposits reached Ksh870 billion in Q1 2026 A large portion of credit disbursed by Savings and Credit…

Hazina Housing Co-operative Society setting pace in home ownership

Sacco ReviewJuly 13, 2022July 13, 2022010 mins

By Boy Matumbai At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Hazina Housing Co-operative Society chairman Charles Musungu agonized with two of his friends who had lost their jobs to the damning ravages of the outbreak. But looking further, he figured out that both his friends owned plots that they were yet to develop. But even…

Saccos driving innovation in home ownership

Sacco ReviewDecember 1, 2021December 1, 202108 mins

By Our Reporter While institutions offering financial services are in the vanguard of driving innovation, technology adoption, artificial intelligence and going digital, experts say it is time for financial institutions like Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (Saccos) joined the effort to increase financial inclusion. According to Ng’ang’a Mbugua, a Partner and Head of Content at…