guru267 wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:Kenya-Re: Gov't control scares me. KPLC started having cashflow problems after GoK ended up with 51%. They refused the politically expedient tariff increase which was due KPLC & highlighted in the Rights IM. KPLC could & should have sued but did not coz GoK owns 51%. Another is KQ now that GoK has a larger shareholding vs KLM. Will GoK 'buy' peace with the 'electorate' using politically expedient decisions?
So will Kenya-Re suffer similar problems? Will it pay out on losses it should not? Does Kenya-Re have the ability to compete without government protection?
@VVS are you aware of all the re branding and management changes going on at Kenya re?
The government plans to fatten the profitability & efficiency of the firm before ceding majority of its stake to a strategic investor in line with with its grand privatisation plan!!
Lets not be stuck in the Moi days!!
OK, but better safe than sorry. I will stick with those firms where GoK's ownership/influence is significantly below 50%. KCB comes to mind where GoK is only 17.63% vs KenRe.
For all the re-branding & management changes at KenRe [including forcing KE firms to cede re-insurance to KenRe] the folks at Jubilee are & doing much better than KenRe hands down.
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett