Nairobi, May 25 -- Co-operative Bank of Kenya employees have become the lender's top shareholders after buying an additional stake currently worth Sh1.77 billion.

Latest disclosures show the staff, through Co-op Bank Regulated Non-WDT Sacco Limited, acquired an additional 55 million shares, lifting their effective stake in the lender to 2.58 percent as at December 2025.

This marks a rise from 1.64 percent in 2024, propelling the employees' savings and credit co-operative society (sacco) to the top of the shareholder register for the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)-listed bank.

The sacco bought the stake through Co-opholdings Co-operative Society Limited, the investment vehicle of the co-operative movement, which owns a 64.56 percent ...