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Senate raises concern over delays in implementation of projects in the North Rift Region

Sacco ReviewNovember 5, 202405 mins

The Senate County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee conducted inspections of two major stalled projects in the North Rift region over the weekend, revealing concerning delays and potential financial irregularities. Led by Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi, the committee first visited the incomplete Moi Soy Milling Plant on the outskirts of Eldoret City, a project…

Wetangula appoints members to committee on mung beans and equalization, appropriation bill

Sacco ReviewOctober 22, 202405 mins

Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Moses Wetangula has appointed members of the National Assembly to mediation committees The Mung Beans Bill and The Equalization Fund Appropriation. The Mung Beans Bill (Senate Bill No. 13 of 2022) seeks to provide a framework for the regulation and promotion of the mung bean industry in Kenya. While…

Senator seeks clarity on status of Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya

Sacco ReviewSeptember 19, 2024September 19, 202403 mins

Marsabit senator Mohamed Chute has requested a statement from the Senate Committee on Land, Environment, and Natural Resources chaired by Senator John Methu regarding the status of the KfW Development Bank-funded Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya (DRPNK). He has called on the Committee to provide a list of the counties where the programme has…

New KCC risks losing assets to pay ex-employees

Sacco ReviewAugust 30, 2024August 30, 202403 mins

The New Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC) risks a probe on its properties to determine if part could be sold to settle former employees’ outstanding dues. This comes after its management failed to attend the Senate Committee on Labour and Social Welfare meeting held yesterday to find a solution to the decades-long dispute over compensation for…

Assent Sugar Bill into law, Suba North MP urges President Ruto

Sacco ReviewMay 20, 2024May 20, 202404 mins

Leaders drawn from sugarcane growing belt have called on the President William Ruto to assent into law the Sugar Bill that has now passed its first and second reading at the National Assembly and Senate. Suba North MP Caroli Omondi said with the passing of the bill, farmers were bound to benefit fully from cane…

Senate moves to stop deduction, remittance of teachers’ earnings to Metropolitan Sacco

Sacco ReviewNovember 28, 2023November 28, 202302 mins

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has been urged by the Senate Committee on Trade and Tourism to stop deducting money from teachers who have withdrawn from Metropolitan Sacco, which has gone under. The committee chairman Okiya Omutatah has also requested that all remissions to the Sacco be halted, stating that teachers have withdrawn from the…

Senate endorses a bill to tame rogue Sacco officials

Sacco ReviewFebruary 22, 2021February 22, 202101 mins

By Malachi Motano Rogue Sacco officials put are now on notice as Senate passes Cooperatives Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to bring sanity to the sector According to nominated Senator Agnes who sponsored the Bill, “Saccos have come under increasing public scrutiny of late, mostly on charges of loss of members. That creates a sense of…