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About Us

OUR HISTORY

Human Rights Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (HURI SACCO) was founded in August 2001 and registered in the same year.

Our core business is to mobilize savings from the members and advance approved credit for provident and productive purposes at fair and reasonable interest rates. Our members are drawn from local, national and international human rights organizations.

Our Leadership

Faith Alubbe Chairperson
Faith joined HURI Sacco back in 2014. Faith Alubbe (Falubbe) is the first female Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) at the Kenya Land Alliance. She is a Human Rights Lawyer with a passion for Land Justice.She has previously held positions at the Kenya Human Rights Commission ( KHRC) where she was working on Transitional Justice issues and at the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA Kenya) where she worked for several years as a Women Rights advocate. Faith is also the first female Chair of the Kenya Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (KCSPOG)
Timothy Mwichigi Vice chair
Mwichigi joined the HURI Sacco Management Committee in 2017 having been a member since 2012. He is a Certified Secretary-K (Non Practising). He holds qualifications in Management and Monitoring and Evaluation. Timothy works at Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) in Nairobi. Timothy serves a member of Board of Management in a public school in Kiambu. He chose HURI Sacco because it is member- centred, believes in and practices openness, accountability and is transparent, providing timely and reliable credit facilities in the human rights sector.

Lilian Amusolo
Lilian Amusolo is a counselling psychologist of 10 years of experience on on trauma counselling who has worked with various human rights organization but currently I am a program officer at shield for justice foundation I am also a business of school uniform I am a board member of a is secondary school in Busia County called Kengatuny secondary school. Joined the sacco the sacco in 2010 I have seen the sacco grow steadily and consolidated its place and the unique membership and the benefits I being a beneficiary of the sacco products .
Irene Maina Secretary
Irene Maina is a human rights worker with over 15 years of experience in human rights and development work in East Africa. She has served in the following organizations in different capacities: Legal Resources Foundation, Akiba Uhaki Foundation and East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders. She currently works with Diakonia Sweden. Irene was appointed to the HURI Sacco management committee in April 2018.

Gloria Madegwa Credit Committee
Ms. Gloria Madegwa is a lawyer by training and a Woman Human Rights Defender who holds a bachelors of Laws degree. Ms. Madegwa has been working in the Human Rights sector for the past six years. She is currently head of the Capacity Building Programme at the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders-Kenya(Defenders Coalition) where she oversees the skills development component of Human Rights Defenders on security management (physical and digital)and networking and partnerships.She has a passion in working with the young generation especially in life skills and mentoring. Gloria has been a member of the HURI Sacco for the six years and has immensely benefitted from the products offered by the Sacco, she is currently a member of the management committee of the SACCO.
Mary Airo Credit Committee
Mary Airo works for Legal Resources Foundation Trust as a project officer in charge of Paralegal Trainings. She is also the National Coordinator of Paralegal Support Network ‎(PASUNE) which has its secretariat is at LRF. She has been in the NGO world for over 23 years and has contributed immensely for the democratic space enjoyed by Kenyans today. Mary is also a trained Mediator with Mediation Training Institute International (MTI). A social worker by profession, Mary ‎has another special talent as a renowned actor in Kenya and beyond. She is acts on Citizen TV on a program called 'Papa Shirandula' and plays the role of Mama Nyaguthii who is the landlady to Papa. She has also used her talent to train theatre groups of young people all over the country. She is also a script writer. Mary joined HURI Sacco in the year 2006 and has been involved in the growth of the Sacco over the years.

Kamau Ngugi Supervisory Commitee
Kamau Ngugi is a veteran human rights defender and currently heads the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders, Kenya. He has a passion for protection of human rights defenders.
Felix Otieno Treasurer
Felix is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya, currently working with the Kenya Human Rights Commission, Felix joined Huri Sacco 4 years ago. He has great passion for advocating for Human rights agenda within the country with keen interest on children's right

To be a leading SACCO in Kenya offering the best services and products to the human rights sector and actors.
To promote financial thrift amongst our members by affording them an opportunity to accumulate their savings, to access credit at fair and reasonable interest rates for investment hence ability to maintain a healthy liquidity position and increase the level of surplus to the society.
At Hurisacco, we uphold these core cooperative principles very dearly

1.Voluntary and open membership

2.Democratic member control

3.Economic participation by the membership

4.Autonomy and independence

5.Education, training, and information

6.Cooperation among cooperatives

7.Concern for the community in general

8.We believe in offering our members the best assistance we can, therefore our operations have no processing fees