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Stakeholders urge Govt to create conducive business environment, reduce taxes to promote investments

Sacco ReviewDecember 7, 202508 mins

Stakeholders in the private sector have urged the government to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive and eventually spur the country’s economy. They are also pleading with the Kenya Kwanza administration to go slow on taxes so as to promote investments in the country. Some of the stakeholders in the Real Estate Sector…

Gov’t to import raw sugar to sustain industrial production amid cane shortage

Sacco ReviewAugust 29, 202507 mins

Investments, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary (CS) Lee Kinyanjui has announced that the government is set to open a special window for the importation of raw sugar to sustain industrial sugar production, which has been crippled by a nationwide shortage of cane. The CS said Kenya faced a shortage of nearly 400,000 metric tonnes of…

Busia women entrepreneurs boosted through economic empowerment training

Sacco ReviewApril 28, 202503 mins

Women entrepreneurs in Busia County have received a significant boost through a new economic empowerment program aimed at enhancing their skills in entrepreneurship and financial management. The initiative, launched this week, is a partnership between the County Government of Busia, Stanbic Bank Foundation, and Kenya Industrial Estates. It targets women in micro and small enterprises,…

Untapped investment opportunities for Saccos in counties

Sacco ReviewJune 27, 2023June 27, 202307 mins

Saccos are increasingly winning county government staff into the cooperative movement but are dragging their feet on investing in multiple sectors at grassroots level in order to deepen their relevance in the economy. The lack of properly structured internal policies for making targeting investments is standing in the way of the pace of their integration…

Why most Saccos have not diversified their investments

Sacco ReviewJune 26, 2023June 26, 202306 mins

Saccos are dragging their feet on diversifying their investments into new areas such as health and education as the high demand for loans among members puts pressure on their wallets. Many Kenyan Saccos are stuck on the primary objective of enabling members to save regularly so as to create a pool of funds from where…