Farmer saccos top loan defaults on drought hit

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CEO of the SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) Peter Njuguna. FILE PHOTO | WILFRED NYANGARESI | NMG  

Some 49 agriculture-based saccos, whose members are primarily farmers, topped in loan defaults last year as a biting drought hit the earnings of contributors.

This is disclosed in the newly released annual Sacco supervision report for 2022 by the Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (Sasra) which grouped the financial institutions into nine sub-sectors where they operate.

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