erifloss wrote:This is Kenya, with a new govt another preffered bank will come in place. Name one major event apart from financial results briefings that the president has ever missed, the compare the same with the other major banks!
President's biz delegations which bank's CEO is normally included?
Who's the chairman of Vision 2030?
How many times has JM been honoured with presidential commendations?
Enterprise funds are channelled through which bank?
Equity's fast growth cannot be granted to biz sense only! With a new govt i don't see the same growth patterns & remember its in its maturity stage. JM's & Munga's cashing out should be an indicator to most savvy investors too.
First I must declare my interest: I am a shareholder.
Just like the fellow who thinks that Equity is 6 years old, you are misinformed. The President attends Equity functions that have great social & economic impact. Not because it is Equity, but because of the impact. For example, yesterday he attended the presentation of over 2,000 scholarships.
Surely, if you were president and you had declared your dream of free education for all, wouldn't you attend a function where a private company was awarding 2,000 scholarships? Don't you think other big companies will be filled with envy and try to outdo the one whose function you attended? And thereby help achieving your dream for your people?
Before that, the president had attended the launch of the (now dormant) M-Kesho...it said to have potential to rope in 5m people into the banking system....
regarding JM's appointments to presidential commissions; whom would you rather he picked? Isn't JM the most qualified of all company CEOs?
Government Enterprise funds are channeled through Equity because this is the bank with the largest customer base - about 60% of all bank customers are at Equity.
Now if you were in charge of these funds wouldn't it be in your interest to ensure that they reach as many people as possible? Why give the funds to a bank that doesn't have a large customer base? KCB, NBK, Co-Op are minnows compared to Equity in terms of accessibility.
By the way, Equity makes very little from the GoK enterprise funds.
Having said all that, I do not think it is a good strategy to have one bank holding more than 50% of customer in a country. In the same way it is not good for one telco to have 70% of all subscribers. It is just too much dependence on one company's goodwill - very risky position to be in.
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