The Sacco was registered by the Ministry of Cooperatives on 25/6/1987 (Registration number CS4918). It began banking services in 1991 in Maua Town, in its own building now known as Dhabiti Sacco Building after rebranding. Founded by coffee farmers from Igembe, Tigania, and Miathene Cooperative Societies, it initially had over 40,000 members from the Nyambene Region.