The 10,000-member Homa Bay County Women’s Sacco is the brainchild of Woman Representative Gladys Wanga, who plans to convert it into a bank. Should the sacco seal the deal with WEF, it would come closer to its long-term goal of metamorphosing into the first women’s bank in Nyanza. I owe Homa Bay and Nyanza women this,” said Wanga. Biggest co-operativeThe Homa Bay County Women’s Sacco is currently the biggest cooperative movement in South Nyanza and one of the largest in the western Kenya region. In 2016, the sacco was voted the cooperative organisation with the highest membership in Homa Bay County.

Source: Standard Digital April 15, 2018 21:04 UTC