About jumuia-mcp
jumuia-mcp is an MCP server for people exploring Kenyan SACCOs, chamas, and cooperatives. It provides practical guides and member-rights information, with responses carrying source details and demo-data caveats.
Key features
- 01Find SACCOs by county or sector
- 02Guidance for forming a chama
- 03Cooperative types and benefits
- 04Indicative SACCO loan terms
- 05Query cooperative member rights
Use cases
- 01Explore SACCO options in a Kenyan county
- 02Plan an investment group's formation
- 03Check rights on a cooperative topic
MCP support
It exposes five finance and cooperative guidance tools to MCP clients, including SACCO search, chama formation, loan guidance, and rights queries. Responses include a source field.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
Tools
5Saved tool list · updated 6d ago
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| county | any | No | Kenyan county to search for SACCOs in, e.g. 'Nairobi', 'Mombasa'. |
| sector | any | No | SACCO sector, e.g. 'transport', 'teachers', 'farmers'. |
Details
From the project READMEjumuia-mcp
Why This Exists
Kenya's SACCOs and chamas move an enormous share of household savings and credit, yet the rules for forming one, the difference between a registered society and a limited company, and what members are actually entitled to are scattered across the Cooperative Societies Act, SASRA circulars and word of mouth. This server puts that guidance where an AI agent can reach it, in one call.
Install
pip install jumuia-mcp
Tools (5)
sacco_finder— Find SACCOs (Savings and Credit Cooperatives) in Kenya by sector, county, or type.
args: county, sectorchama_formation_guide— Return step-by-step guide to forming a chama (investment group) in Kenya.
args: members, purposecooperative_benefits— Return benefits, structures, and types of cooperatives available in Kenya.
args: coop_typesacco_loan_guide— Return indicative terms for a Kenyan SACCO loan product.
args: loan_type, sacco_namecooperative_rights_query— Return the rights a Kenyan cooperative or SACCO member holds on a topic.
args: topic
Example
from jumuia_mcp.server import chama_formation_guide
result = chama_formation_guide(members=12, purpose='savings')
# steps, legal structures, registration fees, merry-go-round maths
Claude Desktop Integration
Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"jumuia-mcp": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["-m", "jumuia_mcp.server"]
}
}
}
Data & Disclaimers
Guidance is drawn from the Cooperative Societies Act and SASRA regulations. Fees and capital thresholds change — confirm with the Ministry of Cooperatives or sasra.or.ke before relying on a figure.
Every tool response carries a source field. Responses labelled DEMO are
illustrative reference data, not a live feed — verify against the authority
named in the response before acting on it.
Part of the East Africa Coordination Stack
This MCP server is part of the Kenya coordination infrastructure.
Connect it to africa-coord-bus —
the coordination event bus that routes signals between domains automatically.
pip install africa-coord-bus
All servers: pypi.org/user/gmahia Live demo: coord-cascade-demo
IP & Collaboration
MIT licensed. Feedback via GitHub Issues only — pull requests are not accepted. Demo data is labeled DEMO and is not suitable for operational decisions. Full policy: docs/architecture/IP_POLICY.md. Security reports: see SECURITY.md.
Part of the East Africa coordination stack
- Install & run:
pip install reli-cli && reli list— the MCP servers on the official MCP Registry underio.github.gabrielmahia - Evaluate any model on Swahili agent tasks: kipimo · dataset · leaderboard
- Coordinate across servers: africa-coord-bus — offline-first event bus with a built-in Kenya routing table
- Datasets: huggingface.co/gmahia · Docs hub: nairobi-stack
Model-agnostic by design: closed APIs, open-weight models, and small distilled models are all first-class citizens.
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