Kenya - 2017 - Finance

Co-operative Society Act (Revised Edition 2017 [2012])

Kenya, The National Treasury and Planning

Part three of this Act concerns the registration of cooperative societies. It states that on societies that have the following as its objectives shall be registered; the promotion of the welfare and economic interests of its members, and has incorporated in its by-laws the following co-operative principles – voluntary and open membership, democratic member control, economic participation by members, education, training and information and concern for the community in general.

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January 2022

Part three of this Act concerns the registration of cooperative societies. It states that on societies that have the following as its objectives shall be registered; the promotion of the welfare and economic interests of its members, and has incorporated in its by-laws the following co-operative principles – voluntary and open membership, democratic member control, economic participation by members, education, training and information and concern for the community in general.

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