Agnes Nabukenya
A member since 2016. Runs a wholesale business and chairs the meetings that set the rates.
Membership
Two hundred and thirty thousand shillings to join.
Ten shares at 20,000 shillings, plus a joining fee of 30,000 shillings. The shares are yours and come back when you leave. The fee does not.
The committee
Elected by members at the annual general meeting. None of them sets their own pay, and two of the five are not employees of the cooperative.
Joseph Etyang
Twenty two years in accounting. One of the three signatories and the person who prepares the quarterly accounts.
Ruth Namaganda
Reviews every loan over five million shillings. Has declined loans to committee members, including twice to the chair.
Martin Oteka
Elected by members, employed by nobody here. His job is to disagree with the rest of us in public.
Membership questions
Who can join?
Anyone over eighteen with an identification document and a Ugandan phone number. You do not need to work anywhere in particular.
How do I leave?
Give thirty days notice in writing. Your savings are returned within that period and your shares at the end of the financial year, once any loan is cleared.
Do I have to attend meetings?
No, but you should. The annual general meeting is where the rates are set and every member has one vote regardless of how much they hold.