You are right, it looks peculiar as evidenced by actions of MMs(colored candles in the purple rectangle).They are busy doing what they know best and will continue doing it until they have their ware houses full even if it calls for either a prolonged consolidation or another leg south. As stated here, the region between 3.9 and 3.4 would bring in demand for this stock.(see what happened on 3rd August 2017)

This notwithstanding, It all depends entirely on your level of risk appetite; you may join them during the current consolidation phase (of course with a stop loss) or wait until THE trend is clear. Currently, Harmonic patterns don't support bullish sentiments at all but anything can happen.
free advice, from the little experience I have gained so far, "Patience is a virtue". Disclaimer… Best wishes

thanks spikes. IMHO, On the runway... have seen a high of 5.35 today 27th Oct.

@Obiero
8.52 with how many shares listed

Not any time soon.
Companies with such market capitalisation are doing annual pre-tax profits in excess of 9bn

Safaricom profits has gone up 3.5 times and its dividend payment has gone 10 times from the time its share price was 2.95.
That's why share price has gone up ten-fold
Profits grew from 20bn to 70bn
Dividend rose from 10 cents to 97 cents