It is an accepted fact that the rural co-operative credit institutions with vast network of PACS have a great potential to increase flow of credit to agriculture especially to small and  BIS Review 60/2010  3  marginal farmers. Total financial inclusion is not possible without the involvement of cooperatives. In the past, they failed to deliver due to various weaknesses.
In order to empower you to undertake this role, the Central Bank would like to contribute, within its means, to the development of a budding financial journalism sector in Kenya through appropriate capacity building programmes for business journalists. As Kenya aspires to become a regional financial hub, the role of financial journalists cannot be gainsaid.