Co-operative Policy
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This policy replaces sessional paper no. 6 of 1997, on “co-operatives in a liberalized economic environment”. The policy highlights the historical background of the co-operative sector worldwide and more specifically in Kenya and explains why it remains an important contributor towards industrialization and economic development of the country as expounded in Kenya vision 2030. The objective of this policy is to promote sustainable and competitive co-operative societies for an enhanced role in industrialization and improved social economic development. It identifies the challenges facing the co-operative movement including legal framework, low market access, technology adoption and ever evolving governance issues.
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January 2022
This policy replaces sessional paper no. 6 of 1997, on “co-operatives in a liberalized economic environment”. The policy highlights the historical background of the co-operative sector worldwide and more specifically in Kenya and explains why it remains an important contributor towards industrialization and economic development of the country as expounded in Kenya vision 2030. The objective of this policy is to promote sustainable and competitive co-operative societies for an enhanced role in industrialization and improved social economic development. It identifies the challenges facing the co-operative movement including legal framework, low market access, technology adoption and ever evolving governance issues.
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