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Kenya cooperatives eye Japan’s Nagano farmers’ market model

Sacco ReviewSeptember 29, 202603 mins

Kenyan cooperatives explore ways to shorten farm-to-market chains Nagano model links farmers directly with consumers Cooperatives could expand into retail and value addition Kenya’s cooperative movement could play a bigger role in connecting farmers directly to consumers, following a benchmarking visit by the Cooperative Alliance of Kenya (CAK) to a farmers’ market in Japan’s Nagano…

Tower Sacco hosts Malawi cooperative movement delegation

Sacco ReviewSeptember 16, 202602 mins

Tower Sacco welcomes Malawi cooperative leaders for a knowledge exchange Delegation explores Kenya’s approaches to cooperative development and finance Visit strengthens links between cooperative movements in the two countries Tower Sacco has hosted a delegation from Malawi’s cooperative movement as part of an exchange programme seeking to strengthen cooperation and knowledge sharing between the two…

What stands in the way for self regulation in the cooperative sector?

Sacco ReviewSeptember 2, 202608 mins

Self regulation could give cooperatives greater flexibility to compete and innovate. Weak leadership and reliance on rigid rules remain major barriers to reform. Stronger federations and technology could help the sector embrace self regulation. The National Cooperative Policy that has since transmuted into Sessional Paper No 4 of 2020 advocates for, among other things, the…

KUSCCO shareholders approve dissolution, back new cooperative body

Sacco ReviewAugust 29, 202609 mins

KUSCCO shareholders have approved the union’s dissolution as debts far outweigh its assets. Members have backed a new umbrella body, KEFESCO, focused on advocacy, training, research and consultancy. A creditor has moved to court to challenge the transition, putting the new federation’s future in question. Shareholders of the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives…

Why Kenya’s cooperatives struggle to attract youth

Sacco ReviewAugust 25, 202606 mins

Youth are turning away from traditional cooperative marketing that fails to match their digital habits. Experts are pushing for cooperative education in schools to build interest and membership from an early age. Ageing leadership, limited digital adoption and control of key economic resources are shutting out younger members. The engagement of youth in cooperatives in…

Meru clergy launch new Sacco for small-scale traders

Sacco ReviewAugust 6, 202607 mins

Meru clergy launched Maendeleo Ya Jamii Sacco to support small traders, farmers and low income earners with affordable loans and savings. Members pay Ksh500 to register, buy shares from Ksh1,000 and can access loans from Ksh2,000. Leaders urged residents to save, invest and join the Sacco to grow their businesses. Residents of Ruiri-Rwarera ward in…

Silo competition among cooperative officers is hurting Kenya’s cooperative movement

Sacco ReviewJuly 22, 2026010 mins

Kenya’s cooperative movement is widely celebrated as one of Africa’s greatest development success stories. Cooperative societies have transformed livelihoods through savings and credit, agricultural marketing, housing, transport, dairy, fisheries and manufacturing. Yet beneath these achievements lies a challenge that receives little public attention but has profound consequences for millions of members: silo competition, where officers…

Wakenya Pamoja Sacco surpasses Ksh2 billion in assets as membership rises to over 148,000

Sacco ReviewJuly 21, 202606 mins

Wakenya Pamoja Sacco assets surpass Ksh2 billion Membership grows to more than 148,000 Sacco plans expansion beyond Kisii Nyanza Wakenya Pamoja Sacco Society (WPS) Limited has reported an asset base exceeding Ksh2 billion, with deposits of over Ksh952 million and share capital surpassing Ksh624.7 million, as the deposit- taking Sacco continues its expansion across the…

SASRA clarifies regulatory boundaries for Secondary Saccos in proposed 2025 bill

Sacco ReviewJuly 20, 202603 mins

SASRA says secondary Saccos will not offer retail services. Bill seeks to protect member savings through a Deposit Guarantee Fund. Reforms also strengthen liquidity management and interbank access The Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) has pushed back against widespread misinformation surrounding the proposed Sacco Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2025, clarifying that the bill will not allow…

Boresha Sacco appoints Philemon Chebii acting CEO as Jacob Mengich retires

Sacco ReviewJuly 15, 2026July 15, 202603 mins

Boresha Sacco appoints Philemon Chebii acting CEO as Jacob Mengich retires. Chebii, a over 20-year Boresha Sacco veteran, takes over as acting CEO. Board names Philemon Chebii acting CEO pending substantive appointment Boresha Sacco has appointed Philemon Chebii as the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) following the retirement of Jacob Mengich who has been holding…