Sacco Review|The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
Co-operative professionals and practitioners through their body the Kenya Society of Professional Cooperators (KSPC) have called upon the government through the State Department for Co-operatives to address the matter of timely data and information in cooperatives. The practitioners have further recommended for the establishment of an information and document portal with links to various users….
Cooperative sector practitioners have expressed concerns over the manner in which Saccos and cooperatives are declaring dividends and interest on deposits, as well as honoraria payments. Through Kenya Society of Professional Co-operators (KSPC), the practitioners observed that there are a lot of malpractices among cooperatives in the way dividends, interest on deposits and honoraria are…
A 2020 Survey conducted by the State Department for Co-operative Development revealed that there are 5,723 dormant cooperatives, which are at risk of losing its assets to unscrupulous officials. Kenya Society of Professional Co-operators (KSPC) is now calling on government to develop policy guidelines that will help to safeguard assets of cooperatives that may fall…
Co-operative professionals and practitioners, through the Kenya Society of Professional Cooperators (KSPC), have asked the Co-operative University of Kenya (CUK) to re-introduce the traditional cooperative courses it used to offer before it was upgraded to a full-fledged public university. The professionals and practitioners noted that traditional cooperative courses, such as Certificate in Cooperative Administration (CCA),…
Two new directors have joined the Kenya Society of Professional Co-operators (KSPC) after a successful election during the Society’s hybrid Annual General Meeting (AGM) held recently in Nairobi. Edward Kinyungu and Dr. Lydia Omamo, the National Co-operative Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA-CLUSA) Country Director , replaced Stephen Otieno and Dr. Nelson Kuria who retired after…
A 2020 Survey conducted by the State Department for Co-operative Development revealed that there are 5,723 dormant cooperatives, which are at risk of losing its assets to unscrupulous officials. Kenya Society of Professional Co-operators (KSPC) is now calling on government to develop policy guidelines that will help to safeguard assets of cooperatives that may fall…
If a draft Bill by the Kenya Society of Professional Cooperators (KSPC) is passed into law, no person will be allowed to practice or provide cooperative services unless they have been issued with a valid practising certificate by KSPC. According to the draft law, a copy of which Sacco Review has seen, KSPC will be…
By Roy Hezron Co-operative professionals and practitioners, through the Kenya Society of Professional Cooperators (KSPC), have asked the Co-operative University of Kenya (CUK) to re-introduce the traditional cooperative courses it used to offer before it was upgraded to a full-fledged public university. The professionals and practitioners noted that traditional cooperative courses, such as Certificate…
By Roy Hezron Co-operative professionals and practitioners through their body the Kenya Society of Professional Cooperators (KSPC) have called upon the government through the State Department for Co-operatives to address the matter of timely data and information in cooperatives. The practitioners have further recommended for the establishment of an information and document portal with links…
By Roy Hezron Professionals in the Cooperative sector have called upon the government to regulate dividend payment, especially in the Savings and Credit Co-operatives (Sacco) sub-sector, to separate success from dividends. Through the Kenya Society of Professional Co-operators (KSPC), the sector elites felt that the success of cooperatives should not be measured by the rate…
