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SACCOs in Embu urged to target youth to boost saving culture

Sacco ReviewMay 4, 202605 mins

Management of Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) in Embu County has been challenged to deliberately target young people in their recruitment and marketing campaigns, with the aim of fostering a culture of long-term saving and investment. It was further suggested that SACCO marketing initiatives be integrated into the education system, with experts visiting secondary…

Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa addressing residents recently.

Kakamega women, youth benefit as County disburses Ksh 12 Million to boost income generating projects

Sacco ReviewApril 20, 202604 mins

Women self-help groups and youth from Kakamega County are smiling after the County Government of Kakamega has disbursed Ksh 12 Million to help them boost their income generating projects. According to the County, 120 groups of the County Youth Service and Women Empowerment Programme (CYSWEP) in all the 60 wards and each ward which has two registered…

Youth urged to embrace avocado farming to boost their lives

Sacco ReviewMarch 20, 2026March 20, 202603 mins

Youth, including graduates from colleges and universities have been urged to embrace avocado farming to boost their lives. Kisii County Agriculture Deputy Director Nicholas Manyisa said avocado farming is lucrative and challenged youth to embrace it in order to boost their incomes and standard of living. Speaking at Kisii Agricultural Training Centre (KATC) during the…

Govt steps up efforts to make agriculture attractive to youth to boost productivity

Sacco ReviewMarch 18, 202603 mins

The Government is stepping up efforts to make agriculture more attractive and profitable for young people as part of a broader plan to address the aging farmer population and boost productivity. Speaking during the launch of Cohort Five of the Competency Based Education and Training (CBET) Programme in Horticulture Production at the Kenya School of…

Youth urged to join Coffee farming as Meru seeks production revival

Sacco ReviewMarch 15, 202605 mins

Coffee farmers in Meru County, most of whom are elderly, have been urged to subdivide their land and actively involve young people in coffee farming to secure the sector’s future. Industry stakeholders called on farmers to move away from hoarding coffee bushes and instead support youth participation, noting that increased engagement would boost both production…

Machakos lawyer decries poor representation denying women, youth groups access to funds for development

Sacco ReviewFebruary 26, 2026February 26, 202604 mins

Machakos-based lawyer has raised concern over what she term as underrepresentation of women, youth groups and people Living with disabilities (PWDs) in Machakos County. Diana Ngei who hails from Tala said many women groups in the County had not benefitted from Women Empowerment funds in the past 10 years despite having a Woman Representative specifically…

Kakamega youth urged to join SHOFCO Sacco to receive grants

Sacco ReviewFebruary 7, 202602 mins

Kakamega County youth have been urged to join SHOFCO Sacco to save and borrow loans with the lowest interest of 1 percent. This was said by SHOFCO programmes manager Conrad Mulengero, youth from Budalangi Sub County while addressing 36 youth drawn across the Western Region, who converged in Kakamega town for a three day SHOFCO training…

Kisumu youth trained on job experience component of NYOTA programme

Sacco ReviewFebruary 2, 202602 mins

The Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project Phase Two (KISIP 2), County Project Coordinating team rolled out youth training under the On-the-Job Experience component of the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) Program in Kisumu County. NYOTA beneficiaries drawn from Muhoroni settlements, Bandani, Manyatta A, Manyatta B, Nyawita/Migosi, and Kibuye informal settlements,gained workplace exposure, hands-on technical…

Ruto urges Nyanza youth to engage in any profitable business as 3,500 benefit from NYOTA funds

Sacco ReviewJanuary 29, 202603 mins

President William Ruto has asked youth to use the knowledge they acquired at any level of their education to engage in any profitable business that can enable them put food on the table for themselves and their families. “Even for those who did not complete primary school education it is not their mistake but we…

Kangundo women, youth asked to form groups to access Gov’t affordable loans

Sacco ReviewJanuary 28, 202603 mins

Kangundo Member of Parliament (MP) Fabian Kyule has asked women and youth in the region to form groups that will enable them to borrow loans from government. Kyule decried that the government has allocated funds to the Women Enterprise Fund, Uwezo Fund and many others targeting women and youth, however many are not using them…