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State sets up commission to audit co-operative societies debts

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Cooperatives and MSMEs Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya during the Kenya Private Sector Alliance's Inaugural Annual SME Conference, Awards, and Exhibition. [File, Standard]

The government has formed a committee chaired by the Commissioner of Cooperatives to audit billions of shillings that co-operatives societies owe farmers.

Ministry of Co-operatives and MSMEs said the debts arise every year despite efforts by the government to offset them.

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