
The Kenya Times profiles Forward Travellers SACCO Ltd, a transport-based cooperative founded in 2010 and headquartered along Spine Road in Kayole, Nairobi. According to the report, the organisation provides transport management alongside savings, lending, agency banking, vehicle maintenance, insurance, legal and other member-support services. It presents itself as focused on empowering public service vehicle owners and members through financial and operational assistance, framing its role as broader than a conventional transport operator.
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