A customer receiving services at a Mwalimu National Sacco's office. The Sacco has urged members to acquire the new Go-Mobile Application for faster services.
A customer receiving services at a Mwalimu National Sacco's office. The Sacco has urged members to acquire the new Go-Mobile Application for faster services.

Mwalimu National SACCO (MNS) has been ranked the best performing Sacco in Kenya. The teacher owned Sacco remains the largest Deposit Taking, DT, SACCO in the country by total assets’ size which was posted at Kshs 57.73 Billion in 2020 compared to Kshs 52.73 Billion posted in 2019 and representing a 10.96% growth rate over the same period.

Stima Sacco emerged second with a total asset base of KSH41.05 Billion. At position three is the KENYA POLICE SACCO with an asset base of KSH39.05 Billion.

The comparative analysis also shows that M/S Trans-Nation SACCO Society Ltd, which has its head offices in Chuka Town, Tharaka-Nithi County registered the highest growth in total assets with a growth rate of 29.57% in 2020, which also saw it move from position 31 in 2019 to position 26 in 2020 among the large-tiered DT-SACCOs.

It thus displaced M/S Tower SACCO Society Ltd with head offices in Nyandarua County which had in 2018 and 2019 registered the fastest growth rates in total assets.

Latest ranking of all SACCOs in Kenya

Pos NAME OF DT-SACCO SOCIETY TOTAL ASSETS (KSHS. BILLIONS) TOTAL DEPOSITS (KSHS. BILLIONS) GROSS LOANS (KSHS. BILLIONS)
1 MWALIMU NATIONAL 57.73 41.42 38.32
2 STIMA DT-SACCO 41.05 31.19 35.13
3 KENYA POLICE 39.05 23.67 33.17
4 HARAMBEE 32.56 21.53 22.24
5 AFYA 19.88 15.18 13.90
6 METROPOLITAN 16.73 7.64 16.67
7 UNAITAS 16.57 8.92 14.13
8 IMARISHA 14.16 9.86 11.10
9 UNITED NATIONS 14.08 10.71 8.42
10 TOWER 13.73 10.59 12.40
11 UKULIMA 12.74 9.12 10.49
12 INVEST & GROW (IG) 10.48 5.99 7.27
13 GUSII MWALIMU 10.44 7.62 9.39
14 BANDARI 10.01 6.54 6.99
15 HAZINA 9.69 7.41 7.57
16 IMARIKA 9.34 6.26 7.76
17 MENTOR 8.92 6.78 6.58
18 KENYA BANKERS 8.58 6.52 6.31
19 NEWFORTIS 8.18 5.97 5.86
20 BORESHA 7.94 5.45 6.47
21 KIMISITU 7.66 6.01 5.67
22 SAFARICOM 7.47 6.03 6.05
23 WINAS 7.13 4.35 7.05
24 COSMOPOLITAN 6.95 5.56 5.34
25 SHERIA 6.72 4.83 5.97
26 TRANS NATION 6.62 4.80 6.27
27 MOMBASA PORTS 6.57 3.52 4.33
28 KITUI TEACHERS 6.52 4.74 5.64
29 MAGEREZA 6.35 4.56 3.37
30 BINGWA 6.21 3.23 3.95
31 OLLIN 6.02 4.08 4.87
32 SOLUTION 5.64 3.96 4.71
33 WAUMINI 5.26 4.11 4.26
34 NACICO 5.13 2.70 2.95
35 USHURU 4.85 3.86 3.28
36 JAMII 4.67 3.46 4.09
37 K-UNITY 4.60 3.34 2.91
38 AMICA 4.55 3.51 3.52
39 KWETU 4.38 2.40 2.15
40 UNISON 4.33 3.08 3.77
41 MAISHA BORA 4.26 3.28 2.86
42 YETU 4.19 2.60 2.98
43 FORTUNE 4.08 2.33 3.74
44 CHAI 4.03 2.84 3.29
45 CAPITAL 4.03 3.06 3.31
46 NYATI 3.79 2.39 3.15
47 TAIFA 3.68 2.71 2.08
48 TEMBO 3.61 2.54 2.56
49 SHIRIKA DTS 3.61 2.77 2.78
50 KENPIPE 3.39 2.41 2.96
51 NDEGE CHAI 3.28 2.36 2.69
52 KENYA HIGHLANDS 3.21 2.12 1.64
53 TAI 3.13 2.13 2.23
54 KENVERSITY 3.12 2.23 2.43
55 NG’ARISHA 2.94 1.33 2.24
56 GDC 2.88 2.14 2.46
57 ASILI 2.74 1.73 1.36
58 THE NOBLE 2.57 1.94 2.06
59 QWETU 2.40 1.69 1.89
60 NAWIRI 2.37 1.39 1.63
61 NSSF 2.34 1.52 1.64
62 EGERTON UNIVERSITY 2.30 1.55 1.58
63 NATION 2.24 1.71 1.55
64 MWITO 2.13 1.59 1.75
65 BIASHARA 2.07 1.38 1.66
66 ARDHI 2.04 1.60 1.68
67 TRANS NATIONAL TIMES 1.92 1.15 1.01
68 SKYLINE 1.83 1.32 1.06
69 DIMKES 1.76 1.42 1.51
70 CHUNA 1.72 1.32 0.92
71 AZIMA 1.71 1.05 1.15
72 UKRISTO NA UFANISI 1.69 1.40 1.23
73 KINGDOM 1.58 1.16 1.25
74 WAKENYA PAMOJA 1.51 0.80 0.79
75 TRANS-ELITE COUNTY 1.46 0.68 0.62
76 SIMBA CHAI 1.41 0.74 1.02
77 WANANDEGE 1.38 1.10 0.96
78 WANANCHI 1.37 0.95 0.81
79 TAQWA 1.36 1.21 0.94
80 FARIDI 1.35 0.82 1.15
81 WANA-ANGA 1.30 1.04 0.96
82 UNIVERSAL TRADERS 1.30 0.74 1.10
83 DAIMA 1.29 0.84 0.74
84 SOUTHERN STAR 1.24 0.88 0.93
85 SMARTLIFE 1.24 0.87 0.99
86 ELIMU 1.23 0.92 0.81
87 ECO-PILLAR 1.18 0.78 0.47
88 CENTENARY 1.17 0.91 0.94
89 KITE 1.06 0.62 0.46
90 FUNDILIMA 1.00 0.80 0.63
91 TELEPOST 1.00 0.45 0.31
92 MAFANIKIO 0.97 0.62 0.76
93 MUKI 0.90 0.65 0.62
94 TABASAMU 0.88 0.54 0.39
95 SULUHU 0.87 0.58 0.72
96 AIRPORTS 0.82 0.63 0.61
97 2NK 0.81 0.66 0.57
98 TIMES U 0.81 0.58 0.66
99 PRIME-TIME 0.80 0.63 0.39
100 K-PILLAR 0.77 0.42 0.66
101 GOOD HOPE 0.77 0.54 0.11
102 MAGADI 0.73 0.54 0.61
103 MMH 0.71 0.40 0.54
104 ORIENT 0.70 0.41 0.18
105 SHOPPERS 0.68 0.38 0.86
106 TARAJI 0.68 0.46 0.21
107 BI-HIGH 0.67 0.48 0.44
108 COMOCO 0.65 0.35 0.28
109 DHABITI 0.64 0.37 0.44
110 THAMANI 0.63 0.40 0.30
111 KIMBILIO DAIMA 0.62 0.41 0.44
112 NYALA VISION 0.62 0.46 0.44
113 WAKULIMA COMMERCIAL 0.61 0.43 0.48
114 NAFAKA 0.59 0.43 0.45
115 VISION POINT 0.57 0.41 0.26
116 COUNTY 0.55 0.25 0.39
117 SUPA 0.52 0.42 0.42
118 JITEGEMEE 0.52 0.37 0.14
119 PATNAS 0.51 0.17 0.19
120 LAINISHA 0.49 0.25 0.33
121 GOLDEN PILLAR 0.46 0.34 0.34
122 SIRAJI 0.45 0.35 0.34
123 NRS 0.45 0.34 0.28
124 WEVARSITY 0.44 0.30 0.35
125 VISION AFRIKA 0.43 0.30 0.37
126 FARIJI 0.42 0.25 0.26
127 TABASURI DT 0.42 0.29 0.31
128 KENYA ACHIEVAS 0.40 0.18 0.15
129 BARAKA 0.38 0.25 0.20
130 UFANISI 0.33 0.24 0.26
131 TENHOS 0.33 0.20 0.20
132 SMART CHAMPIONS 0.32 0.19 0.29
133 MUDETE FACTORY TEA GROWERS 0.31 0.22 0.20
134 PUAN 0.31 0.20 0.22
135 KENCREAM 0.30 0.22 0.23
136 VIKTAS 0.30 0.21 0.24
137 LENGO 0.29 0.21 0.21
138 ACUMEN 0.29 0.26 0.24
139 STAWISHA 0.27 0.18 0.21
140 DUMISHA 0.27 0.15 0.20
141 WASHA 0.25 0.20 0.21
142 NYAMBENE ARIMI 0.24 0.13 0.21
143 STAKE KENYA 0.23 0.15 0.12
144 FORTITUDE 0.22 0.14 0.18
145 SOTICO 0.21 0.15 0.17
146 JOINAS 0.21 0.21 0.23
147 NDOSHA 0.21 0.12 0.07
148 LAMU 0.21 0.13 0.09
149 NYAMIRA TEA FARMERS 0.21 0.14 0.09
150 TRANS COUNTIES 0.20 0.14 0.12
151 ILKISONKO 0.19 0.13 0.15
152 NUFAIKA 0.19 0.12 0.11
153 JUMUIKA 0.19 0.19 0.10
154 KIPSIGIS EDIS 0.18 0.12 0.16
155 ENEA 0.18 0.12 0.11
156 AMMAR 0.18 0.12 0.15
157 KENYA MIDLAND 0.17 0.05 0.06
158 BARATON 0.16 0.11 0.12
159 KOLENGE 0.16 0.10 0.07
160 AGROCHEM 0.15 0.10 0.11
161 RACHUONYO TEACHERS 0.15 0.11 0.11
162 NANDI FARMERS 0.15 0.08 0.11
163 NANYUKI EQUATOR 0.12 0.03 0.09
164 JACARANDA 0.12 0.07 0.01
165 NEXUS 0.12 0.09 0.09
166 MWIETHERI 0.12 0.07 0.08
167 AINABKOI 0.11 0.05 0.01
168 UNI-COUNTY 0.11 0.08 0.05
169 THE APPLE 0.09 0.04 0.06
170 BIASHARA TOSHA 0.08 0.04 0.06
171 KORU 0.07 0.05 0.03
172 GOOD FAITH 0.06 0.05 0.05
173 VIHIGA COUNTY FARMERS 0.06 0.03 0.02
174 GOODWAY 0.05 0.02 0.04
175 UCHONGAJI 0.04 0.04 0.04
. TOTALS 627.68 431.46 474.77

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