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Ruto hands over 10,000‑litre milk cooler to Kangari Dairy Cooperative Society

Sacco ReviewApril 26, 202603 mins

President William Ruto has handed over a 10,000‑litre milk cooler to Kangari United Dairy Cooperative Society in Kigumo Constituency, Murang’a County, in a move aimed at strengthening the dairy sector and improving farmers’ incomes. Ruto said the facility will help reduce post‑harvest milk losses, enhance value addition, and increase household earnings, thereby improving livelihoods for…

Governor Kang’ata urges Mango farmers to follow cooperatives’ harvesting guidelines to curb losses

Sacco ReviewFebruary 2, 202605 mins

Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata has urged mango farmers to strictly follow harvesting guidelines issued by the cooperative so as to avoid more losses. Irungu, through a public notice, issued an advisory to mango farmers following a surplus in the market that has slowed the uptake of produce by the contracted manufacturers across the county “Farmers are…

Revealed: how officials linked to KSh117m Kangunu scandal registered Marga Coffee Society

Sacco ReviewDecember 24, 202504 mins

A new investigative report has revealed how officials previously implicated in the loss of KSh117 million at Kangunu Farmers’ Cooperative Society resurfaced to form a new coffee society in Murang’a County, engaging in coffee hawking and other irregularities, raising alarm over regulatory oversight and farmer protection. The Marga Farmers’ Cooperative Society, registered last year in…

Murang’a to roll out automated maize, fertilizer distribution system to boost efficiency

Sacco ReviewNovember 25, 202504 mins

Murang’a County Government has announced a major shift in its maize and fertilizer distribution programme, planning to unveil a pilot automated system aimed at increasing efficiency, enhancing food security, and boosting farmers’ earnings. According to a public E-notice issued by the county administration yesterday, the new system, enabled by Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, will…

Governor Kang’ata lauds Meru dairy success, urges farmers to embrace efficiency and innovation

Sacco ReviewAugust 29, 202503 mins

Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata has lauded the Meru Dairy Cooperative Union success story and urged farmers to embrace efficiency and innovation in order to increase production and profit. Speaking during the benchmarking session with Meru Dairy Cooperative Union held at the Meru County Government headquarters, Kang’ata said that the success of the meru dairy sectore…

Meru and Murang’a counties to partner to empower dairy farmers

Sacco ReviewAugust 28, 2025August 28, 202505 mins

Meru and Murang’a Counties leadership are set to partner in a bid to empower dairy farmers in the two regions. The leaders pledged to work together in strengthening the dairy sector following a benchmarking visit by a Murang’a delegation led by Governor Irungu Kang’ata to the Meru Dairy Cooperative Union plant. The visit, which brought…

Murang’a County unveils Ksh.20B agribusiness investment potential in a bid to attract investors

Sacco ReviewJune 2, 2025June 4, 202505 mins

Murang’a County has unveiled more than Ksh.20 billion worth of investment-ready opportunities in the agriculture sector, setting the stage for a major agribusiness investment in the country, in a bid to attract investors. The announcement was made during a high-level pre-conference luncheon jointly hosted by the Kenya Development Corporation (KDC) and the Ministry of Investments,…

Cooperatives PS leads Saccos in planting 15,000 trees in Murang’a

Sacco ReviewMay 30, 2024May 30, 202401 mins

Today, cooperatives stakeholders planted 15,000 trees at Kimakia Forest in Muranga County in line with the accelerated 6-month tree growing programme in the Country. Principal Secretary, State Department of Co-operatives, Ministry of Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Patrick Kilemi led the planting where more than 10,000 indigenous and 4,000 bamboo seedlings were…

Corruption ails coffee societies, says Munya

Sacco ReviewApril 8, 2021April 8, 202104 mins

By Roy Hezron Agriculture and Cooperatives Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has assured farmers that the draft Coffee Bill 2020 will curtail corruption in the sector. Under the proposed law will officials leading coffee co-operative societies will only elected to serve for not more than two terms. Coffee factories will also be free to register as…