The SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) is the government’s principal agency responsible for the supervision and regulation of SACCO Societies in Kenya. It is established pursuant to the provisions the Sacco Societies Act, No.14 of 2008. The Authority’s principal responsibility is to license SACCO Societies to undertake Deposit Taking Business in Kenya (FOSA) and to Supervise and regulate both Deposit Taking and Specified Non -Deposit Taking SACCO Societies.
The Authority falls within the State Department of Cooperatives under the Ministry of Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise(MSME) Development.