]My best buy remains my initial investment
of 92,000 ksh which I bought 2,000 units
of KCB precisely at 45 bob per share in July 2004.

The 10.1 split in 2006 gave me 20,000 units.
I sold them at 45.25 bob this August 2013 which is
a 1,000% gain ,the net amount was 902,000 bob.

I used the proceeds to buy 122,600 units of Safaricom
same August 2013 at 7.15 bob per share.

In Todays closing price of safaricom at 10.80
my initial investment of 92,000 bob in your NSE
in 2004 is worth 1,324,000 bob in November 2013.
I thank God for that

Well in bro!

It has not been all rosy, but on the whole i
have a very big positive in the sense that out
of. 15 stocks I have invested in NSE at different
times, I have only made losses in 2 namely

Mumias bought at 18 and sold at 6.50 to cut
further losses

KPLC bought at pre split at 151 which translates
to post split 15.10 bob. I am almost breaking even
. I have not really lost as I have not sold due to
my personal research that Kenya Power Sector
is promising on the long term.

Good for you @guka. Extremely good returns.

This brings to light Warren Buffet's reasoning that before you buy something you should look at the value you could accumulate from that money in a couple of years. Imagine two fellows who had 450k each those days. One buys a car (a very nice car those days!) and the other one invests in stock (and sticks to matatus). The first one now owns a car worth like 2 bob (not to mention all the money it has chewed so far) and the other one owns shares worth more than 100 million - which he can easily double with the help of @stocksmaster. Habari ndiyo hiyo!

Njunge has received bonuses, splits & dividends AND the price is way above 10/- ... I am sure he has done very well in 23 years! And this does not even account for what he did with the dividends! Reinvestment is key to superior gains.