Vihiga County Cooperatives Development Policy 2018

Abstract

This policy has been formulated taking into account the county’s development priorities in relation to Kenya’s vision 2030 and the County Integrated Development Plan 2018-2022. It also highlights the cooperatives’ potential and opportunities that can contribute to the county’s economic transformation from a purely agricultural economy to agro-industrial and value-addition economy. The cooperative sector in Vihiga County is relatively small for most of the cooperative societies are based on savings and credit activities and the formal agricultural sector like coffee, dairy, and tea. There are 95 registered cooperative societies in the county with a membership of 14,380 and a share capital of KSh. 36,608,766 as at 31st.July.2018 distributed as 4 dairy, 5 coffee, 57 savings and credit, 12 housing, and 17 other cooperative societies in the informal sector. However, the potential for growth and development of the cooperative sector in the county is significant.