
Benson Akol
Director Co-operatives

- VISION
- MISSION
To be a leading agent for a globally competitive Co-operative Sector.
- DIRECTORATES MANDATE
- Promotion of new co-operative societies
- Processing of application for registration
- Carrying out co-operative inspections and investigations
- Carrying out Training Needs Assessment for the co-operative movement
- Market information dissemination and advisory services
- Co-operative banking inspections (For SACCOs not carrying out deposit-taking SACCO business)
- Co-operative risk assessment
- Co-ordination and monitoring of co-operative indemnity by co-operative leaders.
- Promotion of co-operative ventures and innovations
- Co-operative extension and advisory services
- Co-operative training, education and information
- Co-operative dispute resolution
- Carrying out certification audit
- Carrying out continuous and compliance audit
- Co-operative societies tax computation
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Carried out co-operative education and training to 1,300 potential members in partnership with Lutheran World Federation, Action Africa Help International and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
- Presented the proposed amendments to the Turkana County Co-operative Enterprise Development Fund, 2016 to the Turkana County Assembly.
- Inducted 16 newly recruited co-operative officers and 2 co-operative auditors
- Promoted 13 New co-operative societies thereby increasing the number of registered co-operatives from 39 at the beginning of the F/Y 2017/2018 to 52 as at the end of the 4th Quarter of the F/Y 2017/2018
- Turkana Transport SACCO Society Ltd
- Lima Housing CS Ltd
- Nakeiton SACCO Society Ltd
- Lortit SACCO Society Ltd
- Angazamali SACCO Ltd
- Turkana West Integrated SACCO Society Ltd
- Choro Farmers Co-operative Society Ltd
- Ngakoriyek SACCO Society Ltd
- TUCOMA SACCO Society Ltd
- Echami Aito SACCO Society Ltd
- Kokenye Sand Harvesting Co-operative Society
- Kalobeyei Farmers Co-operative Society
- Pokotom Farmers Co-operative Society
- Forwarded for registration 3 Proposed co-operative societies namely:-
- HongKong Trust FCS Ltd
- Al Noor SACCO
- Turkana County Transporters SACCO society Ltd