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For SACCOs and cooperative lenders

The pre-screening recordyour credit committee can stand behind.

Every land-backed loan you approve carries the weight of your members' savings. Litmus gives your credit committee a documented pre-qualification report before disbursement — structured, timestamped, and built to sit in your SASRA credit file alongside the mandatory valuer's report.

Complements your VRB valuer's report
Timestamped and audit-ready
24–48 hr institutional turnaround
KES 63.6B
in SACCO land-backed loans (2023)
24–48 hrs
institutional priority turnaround
9
checks per collateral parcel

The collateral documentation gap

SASRA requires documented collateral due diligence. Most SACCOs are doing this informally — and that gap shows up in examinations.

Informal pre-checks are not audit-ready

Your loan officers search Ardhisasa and make calls, but none of it is documented in a form a SASRA examiner or audit committee can review.

No portfolio visibility after disbursement

Once the loan is on the books, no one is watching the collateral parcel. A court filing or gazette notice can affect your security position without warning.

Member trust is the real collateral

When one member uses land as security, every other member relies on that verification being sound. A bad loan backed by fraudulent land affects everyone.

What Litmus verifies before your credit committee meets

Nine checks against official sources. Every finding documented, timestamped, and signed by a named analyst.

SASRA-compatible format

Reports structured to sit in your SACCO credit file alongside — not instead of — the mandatory VRB registered valuer's report.

Compliance-grade documentation

Timestamped, analyst-signed reports that give your audit committee an authoritative record of what was checked and when.

Portfolio monitoring

We watch every collateral parcel through the life of the loan and alert you when anything changes.

Court case cross-reference

Every parcel checked against the ELC database — active cases, historical disputes, and named parties.

Encumbrance and charge verification

Active charges, cautions, restrictions, and inhibitions that could affect your collateral position.

Priority 24–48 hr turnaround

Institutional clients default to priority processing. Reports arrive before your next credit committee meeting.

What you receive

Every report delivers one of three structured findings — no guesswork, no vague language.

Verified Clear

No adverse records found at the date of assessment. No active court cases, no gazette notices, no registered encumbrances within scope.

Verified with Conditions

Signals found that require attention or resolution before the transaction proceeds. Each condition is documented with the source and the recommended next step.

Not Verifiable

Evidence is insufficient to produce a reliable assessment for this parcel. We tell you why — and we do not issue a finding we cannot support.

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Every report includes the source, the date of assessment, and the name of the analyst who reviewed it.

How it works

From submission to report in four steps.

1

SACCO joins Litmus

Sign the institutional agreement. Your credit committee gets access to the Litmus portal.

2

Verify on intake

Every loan application that lists land as collateral goes through Litmus before the credit committee meets.

3

Report enters the credit file

The Litmus pre-qualification report sits in your SASRA credit file — timestamped, documented, audit-ready.

4

We monitor through the loan term

New court filings or gazette notices surface in your dashboard. You know before it becomes a problem.

Frequently asked questions

No — and it is designed not to. SASRA Regulation 43(1) requires an independent VRB-registered valuer's report for land collateral. Litmus is the pre-screening intelligence layer that complements that report. Every Litmus report states this clearly.
Yes. Institutional clients can integrate Litmus into existing workflows via our API.
SACCOs on the institutional plan default to Priority — 24–48 hours from intake to delivered report.
We run five verifications on parcels from your active loan pipeline at no cost. You review each report with your credit committee and give us feedback. No commitment until you see the product work on your real cases.

Run a free five-parcel pilot with your credit committee.

No cost. No commitment. Five verifications on your real loan pipeline, reviewed with your team.

Pre-qualification intelligence — not legal advice. A qualified advocate should be consulted before any transaction.