Kenya's CMA is a useless organization...
In other countries, the firm (e.g. Safaricom) is allowed to buy back shares so what they do is buy out the odd lots + other lots they deem to be uneconomical...
I have loads of small/odd lots I do not care for... The cost of selling odd lots thru my stockbroker is crazy!
I would rather offer these back to the firms at a 'fair' price & get them out of my portfolio!
Another option in some countries are 'donations'... You can donate shares (including odd lots) for free to a charity...
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett