Egerton University Savings and Credit Cooperative has initiated a book donation program to local primary school in Njoro. Victor Ruto the Chief Executive Officer of the Sacco spoke to teachers and pupils of Joy Adventist Primary School in Njoro yesterday, he said that Sacco would start supporting local schools to meet their academic needs by donating books and making contributions towards construction of buildings on a regular basis. “As a cooperative society we understand our community development obligations and plan for this program to be a regular one.We strive to be good corporate citizens by recognizing our responsibility to work with the communities in which we operate,’’ said Ruto. The CEO also announced that the Sacco would start recognizing the region's teachers and pupils who perform best in academics and in extracurricular activities. Speaking to this writer separately after the event the CEO said the book donation program would cover all public and private schools in Njoro sub-county to enhance the Sacco’s corporate responsibility initiatives which go hand-in-hand with the marketing of the Sacco’s financial services targeting teachers,private schools,local farmers,business people and community based organizations.

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