Saccos and accountants body roped into dirty cash watchlist

Majority Leader and Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichungwâ makes his address during the three-day mid-term retreat for Members of the National Assembly at Lake Naivasha Resort in Nakuru County on January 28, 2025. 

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Kenyans making deposits to savings and credit cooperative societies (Saccos) are likely to come under scrutiny over their source of funds, if a proposed law that seeks to tighten the country’s leash on dirty money in the economy and strengthen its chances of getting off the grey list is passed.

The Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025 proposes to, among other things, increase the number of institutions charged with the regulation and supervision of anti-money laundering.

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