Sacco Review | The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
By Mary Ndung’u The Kenyan housing sector is extremely ripe for profitable involvement and participation by the various players in the property value chain. From the soon to be launched Kenya mortgage refinance company (a concept developed and currently in the process of implementation by the National treasury), to the government’s big four agenda that…
By James Wakahiu Over 5,260 shareholders of Broad Borders Housing Co-operative have received Sh4 million dividends for the year ended December 2017. In an annual general meeting held at a hotel in Murang’a, the shareholders resolved to be paid dividends at a rate of 12 per cent. The Housing Co-operative Chairman Jeremy Karemeri said the…
By Staff Reporter Savings and Credit Cooperatives Societies (Saccos) have been advised to organize themselves to benefit from the government’s blue print projects. Co-operative Commissioner Mary Mungai identified the Government’s plan to construct one million housing units as one where the players can actively participate. Investing in affordable housing units is part of the government’s…
By Our Reporter National Co-operative Housing Union Chair Francis Kamande has said that only 16 per cent of urban dwellers own houses while the rest live in rented houses. Kamande said by 2030, at least 50 per cent of Kenyans will be living in towns hence the need to invest in real estate. “In 2009,…
