jump to navigation search imarisha cooperative savings & credit society limited type private industry financial services founded 1978 headquarters kericho kenya key people mathew ruto chairman kipruto arap sigei chief executive officer products loans checking savings investments debit cards total assets us 60 million kes 5.2 billion 2013 website homepage imarisha cooperative savings & credit society limited also known as imarisha sacco limited but often referred to as imarisha sacco is a savings and credit co operative society sacco in kenya the largest economy in the east african community . contents 1 overview 2 history 3 ownership 4 branches 5 see also 6 references 7 external links overview edit imarisha sacco is a small financial services provider in kenya . as of december 2013 update it was the ninth largest cooperative savings and credit society in kenya with total assets of approximately us 60 million ksh5 .2 billion . at that time its membership numbered in excess of 35 000 with shareholders equity of about us 37 million ksh3 .2 billion . 1 history edit the society was established in 1978 under the name kipsigis teachers sacco with the support of two teachers unions namely a kenya national union of teachers knut 2 and b kenya union of post primary education teachers kuppet . with an initial membership of 100 teachers the objective was to meet the financial needs of teachers using funds mobilized from the members . in 2014 the society re branded to its current name and began to accept members outside the teaching profession . 3 ownership edit the shares of stock of imarisha sacco limited are privately owned . the detailed shareholding in the cooperative society in not widely publicly known . branches edit as of september 2014 update the society maintains a network of branches at the following locations kericho head office imarisha teachers sacco building nakuru kericho highway kericho bomet branch imarisha teachers sacco building bomet bureti branch kabianga university building sotik kericho highway bureti branch number four branch number five kapsabet branch kapsabet in development kisumu branch kisumu in development kilgoris branch kilgoris in development see also edit mwalimu national sacco kenya banks kenya economy references edit kimei timothy 31 august 2014 . sacco buys office block for ksh210 million in kericho . business daily africa nairobi . retrieved 1 september 2014 . kimutai gilbert 3 july 2014 . teachers threaten to stage demo against sacco . the standard mobile nairobi . retrieved 1 september 2014 . shivairo kennedy 31 july 2014 . imarisha seeks to increase its board membership . saccoreview.shendpublishers.co.ke . retrieved 1 september 2014 . external links edit website of sacco societies regulatory authority of kenya kenya eases pain of loan defaulters alters credit bureau rules v t e banks of kenya central bank central bank of kenya commercial bank african banking corporation bank of africa barclays bank bank of baroda bank of india cfc stanbic bank chase bank citibank na kenya commercial bank of africa consolidated bank of kenya cooperative bank of kenya credit bank development bank of kenya diamond trust bank east african development bank ecobank kenya equity bank family bank fidelitybank first community bank giro commercial bank guaranty trust bank kenya guardian bank gulf african bank habib bank habib bank ag zurich housing finance company of kenya i & m bank limited imperial bank limited jamii bora bank kenya commercial bank middle east bank kenya m oriental bank national bank of kenya nic bank paramount universal bank post bank prime bank sidian bank spire bank standard chartered kenya trans national bank kenya united bank for africa victoria commercial bank financial services organization diamond trust bank group equity group holdings limited commercial bank of africa group guaranty trust bank east africa i & m bank group kenya commercial bank group nic bank group foreign banks bank of china bank of kigali hdfc bank nedbank the hongkong and shanghai banking corporation first rand defunct banks dubai bank kenya euro bank microfinance institutions faulu microfinance bank limited smep microfinance bank kenya women microfinance bank related topics automated teller machine atm atm usage fees de materialisation demat foreign exchange forex financial services real time gross settlement rtgs national electronic fund transfer neft structured financial messaging system sfms retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title imarisha cooperative savings % 26 credit society limited & oldid 711784155 categories companies of kenyaeconomy of kenyacompanies established in 19781978 establishments in kenyakerichohidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from december 2013all articles containing potentially dated statementsarticles containing potentially dated statements from september 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged 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