Loan Collection Procedures and Financial Performance of Saccos in Mbarara City

Abstract

The study flexed off to establish whether a relationship occurs amid loan collection procedures and financial performance of SACCOs in Mbarara City. This undertaking championed a non-experimental crosssectional research design with both descriptive and analytical styles where mixed method approach was used to collect and analyse data. The undertaking gathered quantitative data from 109 participants using questionnaires. Questionnaires were used to gather quantitative data which was then put into a data management tool, statistical package for social scientists’ version 20 for further description and inferences.
 The tool was then used to output a descriptive presentation and Pearson correlation coefficient mounted employed to ascertain statistical significance between the loan collection procedures besides financial performance of SACCOs in Mbarara city. The undertaking findings uncovered a slight positive connection amid loan collection procedure besides financial performance of SACCOs (r=0.259, p<0.001). Qualitative data was obtained by use of an interview guide that were subjected to the SACCO managers to give deep insight concerning the variables being undertaken. This undertaking resolved that loan collection procedures positively influences SACCOs’ financial performance. The undertaking commends SACCOs towards adopting unique revised loan collection procedures if the collections are to be realized on the agreed time as per the loan contract to ensure better loan performance hence improving the financial performance of the SACCOs.