In 2019, we were working to start a SACCO (Savings and Credit Cooperatives Societies) in Nairobi whose members were mostly Kenyans in the diaspora. Everything was on track until we mentioned to the officer from the Commissioner of Cooperatives Office that most members are out of the country. They informed us that the SACCO will not be registered because members need to be physically present for SACCO activities, and must sign attendance in person.
The option for remote participation was ruled out, and couldn’t count as attendance. This was the modus operandi and a requirement by the Registrar of Societies.
Any registered Society in Kenya needed to hold physical meetings (such as AGM) and for the meetings to be legally binding, there were regulations on quorum.
Then the pandemic came. Everything changed.
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