Not a complete list without a bank or two. I like the look of the mid-tier

10years.Cables,Scangroup,M-pesa bank.No banks or insurance,ten years is a long time for them although they are profitable.Energy is a must but I'm a bit cautious when it comes to energy.Longhorn if they leverage technology.All I need is a technology company.

KPLC

Especially now that they have been told to put their house in order (i.e. be efficient) and there is no viable alternative to KPLC, atleast for the next 20 years!

Do you see how the mombasa port has improved after the sack warnings?

In no particular order 1. TransCentury 2. KenGen 3. CFC Stanbic 4. Pan Africa, Liberty & CIC Insurance 5. Umeme 6. Kenol Kobil 7. Housing Finance

The future of KPLC is uncertain especially after Mps voted for that motion which seeks to liberalise power distribution in the country. I will pick KenGen over KPLC in the energy sector.

I used to believe the same.Energy generation is under threat if we consider renewable energy.Even if we remove renewable energy from the equation Kengen doesn't have a monopoly in energy generation(long-term) and that plays well for KPLC as they become both a monopsony and a monopoly in energy distribution.I say this because the infrastructure needed for energy distribution is an issue.But then again both face a threat because of advances in renewable energy which might eliminate both the distributor and generator from the equation.

Boss, are talking about 50 years to come or is it 10?

KPLC can only be eliminated by energy generated at household level, not wind farms, solar farms nor nuclear power plants. Not unless you are raying there will be portable nuclear power generator since solar and wind are not a viable threat! Or implying diesel gensets?

KPLC is here to stay and KENGEN's life is dependent on it!

I agree currently nothing looks viable on the household level.What I base my assumption on is something we can't deny,we are advancing at an exponential rate.We are advancing faster and those advancements are feeding on each other.Just look at the past decade.Considering that,the next 50 years might be easily be achieved within the next 10 years.

Exactly,transportation,communication,health,entertainment....name it all come back to energy.There is a huge demand for energy and we still don't have the capacity to cater for it.The global economy can't sustain growth without increasing efficiency and output.Though I'm not saying Kengen or Kplc won't be profitable,I'm just saying their profitability might come under threat.

The best example I can give is computers.They have become smaller,faster and personalized.The current technology today on a smartphone is incomparable to 10,20,30 years before.Energy generation is the same.It still seems viable on a large scale but so did computers.Energy generation will face the same problem,efficiency to scale.I believe innovation will always prevail when backed by necessity.

If technology makes it easier and efficient to harness energy the better, what will be required for them is to adapt with the changes.