Faith, Unity and Financial Empowerment
RWAKYAKIBUNYA SACCO is a community savings and credit cooperative serving the Rwenzori region since the year 2000. Founded on faith, built on integrity, and growing through the unity of its members.
Kamu Kamu Nugwo MugandaFrom a Parish Initiative to a Trusted Institution
RWAKYAKIBUNYA SACCO began in the year 2000, born out of faith and a shared vision for community prosperity. The idea was driven by 11 founding members, lay readers, reverends and church treasurers, who regularly converged at Kibiito Parish Church of Uganda to submit their monthly church collections.
These founding members were drawn from seven churches across the parish, and it is from those churches that the name RWAKYAKIBUNYA was formed.
On 24th January 2006, RWAKYAKIBUNYA was fully registered as a savings and credit cooperative by the Registrar of Cooperatives, receiving certificate registration number 7532/RCS. The SACCO opened its first offices in Kibiito Trading Centre and began operating daily, welcoming the wider community to join.
Today, RWAKYAKIBUNYA operates from its own premises, with the head office in Kibiito Town along the Fort Portal to Kasese highway and a permanent home in Rwimi Town Council. Fully licensed by UMRA, it has grown from a small parish initiative into one of Western Uganda's most trusted community financial institutions.
What "RWAKYAKIBUNYA" Means
Our name carries the seven churches under Kibiito Parish Church of Uganda where our founders worshipped. Each part of the name honours its roots.
The People Behind Our Name
Three of the pioneer members whose early leadership shaped what RWAKYAKIBUNYA has become today.
The founding member credited with bringing together the seven church names into RWAKYAKIBUNYA.
One of the founding members and the SACCO's first Board chairperson, setting the early direction of the cooperative.
The sitting priest at the time RWAKYAKIBUNYA began, and later the Board's former vice chairperson.
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Vision & Mission
The principles that guide every decision we make for our members and our communities.
Our Vision
To stand out as a leading example in providing reliable, trustful and sustainable financial services in the Rwenzori region.
Our Mission
To improve the standards of living of the people by training them in saving and credit, and improving financial services to them for the purpose of alleviating poverty.
Our Core Values
As we work to enrich the lives of the people we serve, RWAKYAKIBUNYA SACCO is guided by these enduring values.
Our Goals
Clear objectives that keep us focused on financial inclusion across the Rwenzori region and beyond.
To provide financial services to the people of the Rwenzori region and the surrounding communities.
To reach those who are financially underserved in the Rwenzori region and its neighbourhood.
To encourage the local community to save for the future.
To provide affordable financial services to the people of the Rwenzori region and the surrounding communities.
By the Numbers
Two and a half decades of steady, member driven growth across Western Uganda.
Left to right: Mr. Katumba Mazima Stephen (2nd chairperson), Mr. Basaija Abel (1st chairperson, centre in the original photo), and Mr. Arinaitwe Emmanuel (current chairperson).
Guided by Dedicated Leadership
RWAKYAKIBUNYA is led by an elected Executive Committee, a Supervisory Board, and an experienced management team working across all our branches. Together they uphold the governance, transparency and accountability that keep your money safe and your SACCO growing.
Meet Our Leadership
Past and present leadership of RWAKYAKIBUNYA SACCO, honouring 25 years of continuity in service.
Become Part of the RWAKYAKIBUNYA Family
Join thousands of members who are saving, borrowing and building a better future together. Visit any of our branches or reach out today.