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Avocado farmers urged to form Saccos to curb exploitation, boost earnings

Sacco ReviewApril 25, 2024April 25, 202404 mins

Avocado farmers in Kisii County have been asked form Saccos to help them market and sell their produce. Governor Simba Arati noted the societies will weed out middlemen who have been exploiting farmers. He spoke at Kisii Agricultural Training Centre (ATC) during the flagging off 200, 000 Hass avocado seedlings to farmers across the county….

Gusii Youth Bunge restructures loans to ease members’ burden

Sacco ReviewApril 15, 2024April 15, 202404 mins

Gusii Youth Bunge Savings and Credit Cooperative Society chairman, Asha Moronya has said the society restructures members loans to ease their burden. Members, notes the official have challenges repaying loans owing to global economic recession and it is necessary for the management to assist them. “We restructure their loans and support them repay the loans…

Kisii County Co-Operative Boss Asks Parents to Encourage Their Children to Save in Saccos

Sacco ReviewSeptember 2, 2021September 2, 202105 mins

By Gilbert Kobi Kisii County Commissioner for Co-operative Development, Pamela Kemunto has urged parents to support their children to embrace the culture of borrowing loans, making investments and saving in Savings and Credit cooperative (Sacco) societies to boost their incomes and strengthen the societies. The Commissioner challenged the parents to secure loans from the Sacco societies…

Water vendors prosper through Sacco

Sacco ReviewJuly 19, 2021July 19, 202104 mins

By Martin Ruto Life was bleak for Erickson Omwamba when he discontinued his pursuit for secondary school education due to lack of fees. His parents left Nyanchwa area, Kisii County in in 1989 in search for greener pastures and settled in Saboti, Trans-Nzoia County where Erickson completed his class eight education. “I studied at Nyanchwa…

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Water vendors prosper through Sacco

Sacco ReviewJuly 7, 2021July 7, 202104 mins

By Martin Ruto Life was bleak for Erickson Omwamba when he discontinued his pursuit for secondary school education due to lack of fees. His parents left Nyanchwa area, Kisii County in in 1989 in search for greener pastures and settled in Saboti, Trans-Nzoia County where Erickson completed his class eight education. “I studied at Nyanchwa…

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Kisii County Govt blamed for neglecting Co-op sector

Sacco ReviewMarch 9, 201802 mins

By Elijah Nyaanga The Kisii County Government has been accused of neglecting the Cooperative sector by not allocating resources to facilitate its activities and finance members. Speaking during the July 2 County’s Ushirika Day celebrations held at the Gusii Coffee Cooperative grounds in Kisii town, Development Committee Chairman, Stephen Ogamba challenged the Government to factor…