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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…

State Department for Cooperatives hands over Luanda Ginnery for Phase II Upgrade

Sacco ReviewJune 4, 202502 mins

State Department of Cooperatives, Secretary Administration, Amos Mariba and officials from the Ministry and Busia County Government have officially handed over the Luanda Cooperative Society ginnery, located in Samia Sub-County, to the appointed contractor. The State Department has also allocated Ksh. 20 million for the completion of Phase II of the project, which aims to…

Opening of Common Bond should be done with caution, Co-op body warns

Sacco ReviewMarch 20, 202509 mins

The Kenya Society of Professional Co-operators (KSPC) has urged the Commissioner of Co-operative Development (CCD) to develop a policy guide that will enable co-ops to function in a way that will help open the common bond to the general public. The professional body has argued that though the opening of a common bond in the…