mwekez@ji wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:mwekez@ji wrote:Net NPA are up a whooping 79% to KES 1,715,096,000 from KES 958,956,000 in 2011
Whooping is a sound. Whopping means 'large/huge'. Yes, you may whoop after a whopping gain
he he .... tru dat chief

... and have noted the same NPA headache in NIC FY 12 results
High interest rates [rates jumped from 14% to 28% & though down to 18%] stressed borrowers.
Customer A borrows 1mn & pays 14% per annum in interest. Perhaps even a little principal... Then rates jump to 28% which means 2x interest payments required. Forget the principal repayments. The customer is 'stressed' unless he can find another source of income. What happens is the customer defaults & the bank starts providing [via NPA] for them.
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett