very entertaining indeed!

Another reason why I believe Kenyan voting patterns might remain the same for many years to come.

1. Some communities will vote for their person because they believe he or she will free them from the poverty they perceive was caused by other communities.

2. Other communities will vote for their person and be hesitant to vote for a person from other communities because they believe the leaders from other ethnic groups have promised their supporters a blanket, no-strings-attached claim to wealth they might never have worked for or invested in.

Sadly, the line of thought in both point 1 and 2 is reinforced throughout this thread.

I said so before and still think there is a high possibility of violence in 2012 regardless of what happens at the Hague or with the new constitution - whether it will be people violently protesting the loss of their candidates or people looting the property of communities they perceive as outsiders or thieves.

You can be sure that if you are a Kikuyu and default on an Equity Bank loan, Equity will not be laughing with you. If you are Luo and cannot pay a mortgage you took with KCB, your mortgage will be foreclosed mercilessly.

Thinking that all rich Kikuyus, Kalenjins or Luos are wealthy because of corruption, free loans or because they stole our taxes is shortsighted. Thinking that there is one community that is corrupt-free or not tribal is equally myopic.

I think opinion and community leaders have a responsibility of educating their followers and PUBLICLY + PRIVATELY telling them in WORD + DEED that the guy of different tribe with a kiosk is not your enemy neither did he start the shop after stealing your taxes.

No community can be exterminated or wished away no matter how much we detest them. Kenya burning and civil war will have no winners.

Too much energy directed to such a useless thing.... in my opinion........

Bottom line is, as much as i am a shareholder of EB, I cant make changes to it regarding the running of the business there... so the most i can do is have it change my life by making me some few coins in terms of capital gains... Infact, if you hate the Directors sooo much, you should be happy that you are making them work their behind off to improve your life by improving the quality of the bank's share....... so what if Wamalwa is put as a director just to balance the equation and he pockets 2 milli every month? if he is not my husband, then it is not helping me one bit.... so why should i care??? All i care about is a share moving up, good dividends, thats it! As investors, that should be our main issue.......

granted you have to know your directors and managers but if you are not comfortable with a certain share, then your perceived risk is too high to invest there.... invest were you feel more comfortable... that is why, people are still buying nyau when everyone else thinks it is stinking from 6 foot under! its the differences in our perceived risks that differentiate our investment patterns.....

And the African Banker of the Year is :

http://www.bizcommunity....ticle/410/40/53002.html

Should'nt we be proud that He is a Kenyan.

Conglats Mundu wa House

Where is this country headed to? With very 'Educated, sharp & intelligent, modern' minds playing the tribal card, what will our Brothers and Sisters who are not as privileged as the rest of you do or think.....Where is Dr Oduor, twahitaji maombi.....