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The Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives and MSMEs Development Wycliff Oparanya has said that the cooperative bill 2024 which has put corrective measures for the Saccos is expected to become law by the end of the year. Oparanya speaking during 50 years celebrations of Stima Sacco Society Limited held at Carnivore Grounds in Nairobi said that the…
The membership in the country’s Savings and Credit Co-operatives (SACCOs) has increased from 6.42 million in 2022 to 6.84 million in 2023, borrowing over Ksh700 billion within a span of one year. According to the recently released 2023 Annual Sacco Supervision Report by SASRA the increase in the 357-Regulated Saccos translated to 6.57 per cent…
Mwalimu National DT Sacco has maintained its top position in the country and in Africa as one of the Savings and Credit Co-operatives (SACCO) with the highest asset base in the latest supervisory report released by the country’s Sacco regulator. According to the recently released Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) 2023 Annual Supervision Report, Mwalimu…
Public universities and tertiary colleges owed the largest proportion of non-remitted funds for SACCOs in 2023, a report by Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) has revealed. According to the Sacco Supervision Annual Report 2023 released this week, the institutions owed Ksh958.07 million which translates to 37 per cent of the total non-remitted funds. Subsequently, county…
The Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) has urged Saccos to develop new savings and credit products tailored to the changing needs of members, a move that will greatly reducing dormant accounts. SASRA, in a report released on Wednesday, noted that reactivation of dormant accounts should be the top priority for Saccos that seek to boost…
Mwalimu National SACCO has maintained its top position as the largest SACCO in Kenya and Africa with an asset base of over Ksh.66.43 billion this is according to Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) 2023 Annual SACCO Supervision Report. The report released on Wednesday indicated that Stima DT Sacco commands ksh 59. 15 billion taking second…
Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) has released 2023 Annual SACCO Supervision Report, the report documents the performance, activities, and operations of SACCO Societies in Kenya. The Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Cooperatives, Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Wycliffe Oparanya who was the chief guest during release of the report on Wednesday said the SACCO industry…
James Kinuthia was a member of one of the biggest Saccos in the country; he was employed and used to contribute Ksh1,000 monthly. In the year 2001, Kinuthia lost his job, rendering him unable to make the monthly deposits. Subsequently, he withdrew his deposits, receded to the village and lost contact with his Sacco. Little…
Stakeholders in the cooperative movement have now called for urgent measures to ensure that the country’s Sacco umbrella body, the Kenya Union of Credit Co-operatives (KUSCCO), is regulated for safety of funds and restore the image of the union. This comes after the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Cooperatives and MSMEs Development Simon Chelugui dissolved the…
Kenya is reputed to have the most vibrant cooperative sector in Africa. Financial cooperatives have grown exponentially necessitating the enactment of the sector-specific Sacco Societies Act, 2008, to regulate them. It is believed some Saccos have mobilised more deposits compared to some licenced commercial banks operating in the country. But what then ails this critical…
