Ushuru Savings and Credit Co-operative Limited (Ushuru Sacco) was registered in 1970 under the name Customs & Excise workers Sacco (CUEW) and was issued with a registration number CS/1926. It was started to act as a means of facilitating savings and to provide affordable credit to employees of the then Customs & Excise department.In 1995 Kenya Revenue Authority was formed, the CUEW Sacco By-laws had to be amended to allow membership from other Government Ministries and Parastatals, and in the year 2002 CUEW rebranded to USHURU Sacco Limited to reflect the new all-inclusive membership that now consisted of KRA, Government ministries & parastatals employees.