LOAN POLICY
To Qualify For A Loan
- One must register as a member by paying membership fees of Kshs 1,500
- Minimum monthly share contributions shall be Kshs 1,000 payable by 15th of every month.
- A member must have completed at least 6 months and contributed not less than Kshs. 10,000.
- A member who withdraws from the society and rejoins later will be treated as a new member for the purpose of the loan policy and shall pay a rejoining fees of Kshs 5,000
- Savings contributions paid in lump sum for the purpose of securing a loan must remain in the Sacco for at least 3 months.
- A member must undertake to pledge salary from future employer(s) toward loan repayment.
- Interest on the first loan shall be 1.5% per month on a reducing balance basis and thereafter subsequent loans shall attract interest of 1% per month on reducing balance
- The maximum amount of total loans shall not exceed Ksh…………………….
- Emergency loans include sudden hospitalization, funeral expenses, court fines, etc.
- Repayment period is determined by Management Committee, but in all cases shall not exceed 36 months.
- Emergency and School fees loans shall be repaid within 12 months.
- Unless the loan applied for is equal to or less than a member’s shares, it must be secured by guarantors, log books or any other financial instrument that may be approved by the management committee.
- To withdraw membership, a member will be required to give a written notice of up to 60 days.
- Lump sum loan repayments for the purpose of borrowing a new loan must be retained in the Sacco for at least 3 months prior to borrowing again.
- All loan applications must be registered in the Sacco’s office.
- Normal loan applications shall be processed within 15 days provided that the applicant shall have complied with all requirements.
- Emergency loans shall be processed within 3 days provided that all paper work is complete
- School fees loans shall be processed within 7 days provided that all paper work is complete.
- Asset financing loans shall be processed with 30 days provided that all paper work is complete.
- In case a member passes on, all his/her shares residue shall be transferred to the next of kin indicated in the application / Bio data form.
