Our Objectives

Driven by our mission and guided by a vision to develop and represent micro, as well as macro savings and credit societies, our key objective as a Union is:

• To provide advocacy, lobby, advice and protect members against adverse legislation and/or restrictions;
• To act as the principal local and international representative and mouth-piece of all savings and credit societies in Kenya;
• To promote the organisation and development of viable savings and credit societies in Kenya;
• To help improve the internal management of savings and credit societies by providing a standardised management system for the SACCOs and the cooperative movement in Kenya;
• To disseminate information concerning savings and credit societies and co-ordinate their operating methods and practices and foster the education and training of their members, officials and employees;
• To promote among savings and credit societies, and their officials, employees and members a common code of ethics based on co-operative principles.