Government orders probe into Kinatwa Sacco and Mathira North Farmers Co-op over finances and management

Government orders probe into Kinatwa Sacco and Mathira North Farmers Co-op over finances and management - The government has ordered investigations into Kinatwa Sacco Society Limited and Mathira North Farmers Co-operative Society Limited over their financial conditions. (Photo: FB/Kinatwa Sacco)

Investigators will also establish the society’s indebtedness and examine its assets against the liabilities charged to them.

The government has ordered investigations into Kinatwa Sacco Society Limited and Mathira North Farmers Co-operative Society Limited over their financial conditions, management and operations.

In Gazette Notices dated October 19 and October 23, 2026, Acting Commissioner for Co-operative Development Symon Mburia authorised inquiries into the two societies to examine their “by-laws, assets and the conduct of current and former management officials.”

The investigations will be conducted under Section 58, read together with Section 73 of the Co-operative Societies Act (Cap. 490).

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For Kinatwa Sacco Society Limited, registration number CS/10386, the inquiry will examine its by-laws, working and financial conditions, as well as the conduct of its management committee, including past and present members and officers.

Investigators will also establish the society’s indebtedness and examine its assets against the liabilities charged to it.

Mburia appointed Patrick Mutiiria, Assistant Commissioner for Co-operative Development of SDC Nairobi, and John Kariuki Kinyanjui, Senior Co-operative Auditor of SDC Nairobi, to conduct the investigation.

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The two officials have been given 21 days from October 19 to complete the inquiry. They will determine the appropriate venue and time and notify the society accordingly.

In a separate notice, the government ordered an inquiry into Mathira North Farmers Co-operative Society Limited, registration number CS/10743.

The investigation will examine the society’s by-laws and its operational and financial conditions, particularly in relation to coffee production and marketing over the past five years.

It will also investigate the conduct of current and former members of the society’s management committee and management staff, as well as the governance and management of its assets.

To conduct the inquiry, Mburia appointed Eric O. Oketch, Principal Assistant Co-operative Officer at the State Department for Co-operatives, Nairobi, and Josephine M. Koronya, Principal Co-operative Auditor at the State Department for Co-operatives, Nairobi.

The two officials have been authorised to complete the investigation within 16 days from October 23, 2026, at a venue and time they consider appropriate and will communicate to the society.

Mburia urged the officers and members of the societies to take note of the provisions of the Co-operative Societies Act governing inquiries and their consequences.

These include Section 60(1), which addresses the cost of an inquiry, Section 60(2), which provides for the recovery of costs and expenses, Section 94 on offences and Section 73 on surcharges.