Im timing for price decrease after all the more shares will float at the market.. and look at the price now its going down and yet the government may sell the rest they have..well its just an opinion...

An interesting tidbit.

martin oduor-otieno SOLD all his KCB shares. So this jamaa who makes 7 figures (68mn/year) does NOT want to take the same risk buying KCB shares as us!

Unlike you, I actually do my research. KCB issued an Information Memorandum for the Rights Issue. There is a section where it shows shares owned by Directors. Apparently, MOO SOLD all his shares (only 30k anyway)...

Only director who has real shares/cash in KCB is Sunil Shah.

VVS, wouldn't it be hilarious if on deeper analysis, you find out that he used the money from the sale of KCB shares to get into Equity or even Stanchart in anticipation of the rights?

i believe despite all the hype surrounding this rights issue...we will see KCB trade at 15 bob come September...remember the dilution will push the PE to 12.5...with that mere 17% half year PAT,KCB will become a forgotten story once James Mwangi's EQUITY reports a 50-60% PAT...

@muganda - Puhleeze... The best managers needs not be from Harvard. BTW, Adan Mohamed went to Harvard for his MBA. The HB AMP is not an MBA. Even you & I can go for it.

Warren Buffett was 'rejected' by Harvard... LOL...

Anyway, MOO's interests are NOT in line with mine. I have re-thought it & I am probably NOT going to exercise the Rights.

@muganda - I am a Warren Buffett fan who says that Management & Shareholders should have similar goals for the firm...

He puts his money where his mouth is... He is BH's largest shareholder (plus all the shares he gave away to charity)...

MOO may talk the walk but when I see the progress made since Terry Davidson left... I see a KCB that has lagged most other banks...

I had bought into the prior Rights & saw nothing but losses... KCB keeps on having scams after scams after scams...

I was comparing growth (ROE) for the top 10 banks including the 'private' banks over past 5 years & KCB is at the bottom!

Equity is #1, Barclays has done well, SCBK has done very well. Even NBK has sort of done better than KCB.
NIC & DTBK are doing great! The ROE on their Rights Issue started off slow but it is growing rapidly.
Some smaller 'private' banks are doing much better than KCB including Prime Bank + I&M Bank. CBA & Citibank are phenomenal cash machines! Huge ROEs.

CFC-Stanbic post-merger seems to be a laggard.

guru, if one is going long term, you can get in because in 5 years this share will give stratospheric returns

So do we buy out now or jst go down n up again?....vvs n u-cnt-stp-us-nw wats ur advise to childrn like me?