Loan Administration and Financial Performance of Savings and Credit Co-Operative Societies in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
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Date
2017-10
Authors
Njogu, Allan Muriithi
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
Thisresearch project was done with an aim ofdetermining the relationshipbetween loan
administration andfinancial performance of SACCOs in Kirinyaga County.Financial
performance is the main objective for organizations when choosinginvestment channels from a
number of availableopportunities the investigation was geared to improve the same. Studies have
shown that poor financial performance in organizations has led them to have failure in meeting
their financial obligations which has threatened their sustainability. Financial performance of
SACCOs in Kirinyaga County has been wanting in the last few years. The performance has been
recording a declining trend from 2011 which was at 15% to 2015 which was at 14.5%. As the
core business of SACCOs is to mobilize member savings then give loans to these members.
Financial performance of SACCOs is only achievable if loan administration is effective. A good
mix of loan products which are disbursed to members after undergoing proper appraisal process
can enhance financial performance if close monitoring and adequate loan security are in place. It
is against this background that this study was to assess loan administration as a factor
determining financial performance with theaim of establishing the condition for social and
financialenhancement. The key objectives were to determine the effect of loan product
management, to establish the effect of loan lending, to investigate the effect of loan monitoring
and to assess the effect of security administration in relation to financial performance of
SACCOs in Kirinyaga County in Kenya. Various theories were incorporated in this study with a
view to emphasize on some of the scholars principles. Transaction cost theory establishes the
need for qualified staff in the SACCO to minimize cost. Agency theory which defines the
boundaries between ownership and stewardship and Portfolio theory establishes how different
loan products enhance financial performance. Some of relevant studies carried out by other
researchers were incorporated in this study as a way to get the research gap.The research design
used was descriptive design for soliciting information relevant for the determination of financial
performance of the SACCOs’ anddata collected from a census of 36 SACCOs.Purposive
sampling of 108 respondents three from each of the target population of SACCO in Kirinyaga
County using questionnaires was instituted. Data was sorted using descriptive analysis such as
standard deviation, multiple regression analysis,mean and correlation coefficient. The study
findings were presented in form of tables, charts and also percentages. The mean and standard
deviation reflected in study indicated very smaller variations in loan administration and financial
performance hence high degree of agreement. The regression equation used in the study revealed
that financial performance of the SACCOs in Kirinyaga County in Kenya was influenced by loan
administration to a tune of 0.837 or 83.7% while 17.3% was due to other factors. The study also
further revealed that there was a strong positive correlation between loan administration and
financial performance. The results showed that the four independent variables studied had strong
positive correlation coefficients where loan product management had B of 0.002and p-value of
0.014, loan lending had a B of 0.001 and p-value of 0.001, loan monitoring had a B of 0.003 and
p-value of 0.022 and loan security management had a B of 0.004 and p-value of 0.000 all of
which were less than the significance level of 0.05. The recommendations of this study were that
SACCOs should have clear set loan products which should follow effective lending policy to
enhance financial performance. There should also be clear set loan monitoring procedure and
adequate charging and valuation of set loan security to facilitate smooth realization process if
need be.
Description
A Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of a Degree of Master in Business Administration (Finance) of School of Business, Kenyatta University.