EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Policy Paper on “Promoting Co-operative Enterprises for Industrialization” presents a policy framework aimed at accelerating the growth of Kenya’s Co-operative sector in a dynamic and competitive global environment. It replaces Sessional Paper No. 6 of 1997, on Co-operatives in a Liberalized Economic Environment. The Policy highlights the historical background of the Co-operative sector worldwide and more specifically in Kenya and explains why it remains an important contributor towards industrialization and economic development in the country as expounded in Vision 2030.  The Policy paper explains the four-tier structure of the Kenyan Co-operative sector, which comprises of Primary, Secondary, Federation and Apex organizations and their respective roles.

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1. Definitions and Interpretations

In these By-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, words or phrases shall be defined or
interpreted in accordance with the Co-operative Societies Act and Rules and the SACCO Societies
Regulations herein referred to as “the Co-operative Act”, “the Rules”, “the SACCO Act”, and “the
Regulations” respectively and which terms shall include their subsequent amendments.