Principal Secretary State Department for Co-operatives Mr. Patrick Kilemi paid a courtesy visit to Amb. Lazarus O. Amaya, Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya, to the United States. The two further discussed the role of Embassies as marketing agents and mobilizing savings from diaspora cooperatives. , to the United States. The two further discussed the…
The Principal Secretary, State Department for Co-operatives Mr. Patrick Kilemi met Jim Nussle CEO/President of Credit Union National Association (CUNA), Tony Budet, CUNA Chairman, George Ombado, Executive Director African Confederation Of Cooperative Savings and Credit Associations (ACCOSCA ) and David Mategwa Vice Chair ACDF where they discussed various ways of using the Co-operative Business Model…
In cognizance of the crucial role of cooperatives in financial inclusion, deepening and access, The Ministry is undertaking reforms in the cooperative sector through review of the policy and legal frameworks and restructuring key institutions in various value chains. In deed the recent Sessional Paper No 4 of 2020, The National Cooperative Policy, recognizes co-operatives…
State Department for Co-operatives Principal Secretary Mr. Patrick Kilemi attended the 50th Annual Delegates Meeting (ADM) for the Kenya National Police Sacco. The CS for Co-operatives & MSME Development Hon. Simon Chelugui was the chief guest for the event held at Nairobi Hotel, Nairobi County.
State Department for cooperatives PS Mr. Patrick Kilemi met with Dubai Multi Commodities Center Director of Agri Commodities, Saeed Al Suwaidi at the African Fine Coffees Association . They discussed potential opportunities to expand both Kenya and Dubai economy through coffee trade. Also present was the NKPCU CEO Timothy Mirugi.
Principal Secretary State for Co-operatives Mr Patrick Kilemi was at Kigali, Rwanda, attending the 19th African Fine Coffee Association. Increasing the value of coffee through sustainably improved yields and greater productivity are keys to helping smallholder farmers lift themselves out of poverty. In Kenya, we aim at increasing coffee production from the current 40MT to…
The launch of this Fund today represents a great milestone in the fulfillment of one of the most important Flagship Programmes of your Government’s Manifesto. On behalf of the Co-operative and MSME Sectors, I take this early opportunity to express my gratitude to His Excellency President William Samoei Ruto for recognizing the critical roles the…
Co-operatives PS Ali Noor Ismail inspects harvested cotton and green grams at the Kwale PAVI farmers’ Co-operative Society in Kinondo Ward of Msambweni Sub-County in Kwale. Where he assured farmers of Government commitment to put up a multi-million Shillings Ginnery at Kinondo to process cotton from the three South Coast counties of Kwale, Kilifi and…
Co-Operative Coronavirus Response Committee (CCRC) Launch. Source nachu.or.ke Mr. Geoffrey Njang’ombe. Commissioner of Cooperatives. The Cooperative Movement in Kenya is over 14 million members’ strong. As a sector we embrace the “Whole-of-society-response” approach in mitigating against the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Co-operative sector, through the recently created Co-operative Corona-virus Response Committee (CCRC), has…
The government has introduced E-voucher -to give subsidies to small scale farmers and lower the prices of inputs even further. In this regard, farmers will be issued with smart cards with which they can access farm inputs at a subsided price by swiping at the participating outlets. In other words, the farmer pays only 70%…