Open AccessAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF FUND TRANSFER AGENCIES ON LIQUIDITY OF FIRMS (A CASE OF KENYA POWER & LIGHTNING COMPANY LTD)
Author(s) -
Aisha M. Mohamed,
Christopher Njoroge
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2520-0852
DOI - 10.47941/ijf.39
Subject(s) - market liquidity , database transaction , stratified sampling , descriptive statistics , data collection , transfer (computing) , business , population , descriptive research , sample (material) , actuarial science , test (biology) , finance , statistics , medicine , mathematics , computer science , environmental health , database , chemistry , chromatography , parallel computing , paleontology , biology
Purpose: The main objective of this study was to investigate the impact of fund transfer agencies to liquidity management of KPLC.Methodology: A descriptive case study research design was used. The population for the study included all the 82employees in the KPLC Mombasa Branch. A sample of 57 respondents was selected from the population using a stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire was the preferred data collection instrument. The data was analyzed by use of descriptive statistics such as mean, mode and median.Results: The study findings showed that there was a gradual decline in the average collection period. This implied an improvement in the average collection period of KPLC Mombasa over the year 2002 to 2010. In addition, the number of fund transfer transaction increased over the study period. This implied that the fund transfer transactions may have impacted on the average collection period. Further, according to this study it was possible to infer that there was a gradual increase in the acid test ratio. This implied an improvement in the acid test ratio of KPLC Mombasa over the year 2002 to 2010. In addition, the number of fund transfer transaction increased over the study period. This implied that the fund transfer transactions may have impacted on the acid test ratio.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommended that KPLC should engage more fund transfer agents in facilitating bill payments. Specifically, KPLC should engage more banks, Saccos, western unions and mobile operators. This is because such an approach would improve the average collection period and acid test ratio further.The study was purely descriptive; it therefore lacks the statistical rigor that would establish causation between fund transfer agencies and average collection period as well as the acid test ratio. Therefore, the study recommends a regression analysis to establish causation between dependent and independent variables.