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MEMBERSHIP OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES BY TYPE OF SOCIETY, 2004-2010
					'000 Members
Type of Society	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010*
Agriculture
Coffee	519	576	594	658	672	883	881
Cotton	5	4	9	9	11	33	34
Pyrethrum	62	62	65	66	79	77	78
Sugar	52	52	55	52	62	53	54
Dairy	144	200	254	255	306	342	343
Multi-Purpose	38	39	40	108	130	124	124
Farm Purchase	50	50	51	59	71	69	69
Fisheries	11	11	11	10	12	40	42
Other Agricultural	143	146	159	101	121	123	131
Total Agriculture	1,024	1,140	1,238	1,318	1,464	1744	1,756
Non-Agriculture
SACCOs	3,642	4,602	5,444	5,821	6,030	6100	7,244
Consumer	45	45	49	41	49	47	48
Housing	27	28	34	31	37	41	111
Craftsmen	14	15	17	23	28	24	24
Transport	8	9	11	3	4	16	16
Other non-agricultural	225	236	259	236	282	293	325
Total non-agriculture	3,961	4,935	5,814	6,155	6,430	6521	7,768
unions				569	597	648	650
Grand Total	4,985	6,075	7,052	8,042	8,491	8913	10,174
Source: Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing
*Provisional
NUMBER OF SOCIETIES AND UNIONS BY TYPE, 2004-2010

Type of Society	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010*
Agriculture
Coffee	498	523	542	546	548	555	567
Cotton	59	59	59	59	59	59	59
Pyrethrum	142	146	146	146	146	146	146
Sugar	149	152	152	152	152	159	162
Dairy	241	248	252	258	264	273	278
Multi-Purpose	1,798	1,818	1,835	1,876	1,923	1894	1,925
Farm Purchase	109	111	113	114	114	114	114
Fisheries	65	66	66	67	67	67	71
Other Agricultural	1,154	1,181	1,188	1,196	1,204	1317	1,364
Total Agriculture	4,215	4,304	4,353	4,414	4,477	4584	4,686
Non-Agriculture
SACCOs	4,474	4,678	4,876	5,122	5,350	5628	6,267
Consumer	180	181	182	183	183	184	184
Housing	495	512	538	572	596	636	732
Craftsmen	86	88	89	89	89	89	89
Transport	28	29	39	49	58	64	64
Other non-agricultural	1,068	1,075	1,093	1,107	1,115	2094	1,131
Total non-agriculture	6,331	6,563	6,817	7,122	7,391	7722	8,467
Unions	96	99	99	99	100	101	103
Grand Total	10,642	10,966	11,269	11,635	11,968	12407	13,256
Source: Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing
*Provisional