U shud know better than to ask such a question...

@vvs thanks for the reminder that there is no assured return in stocks. @the deal i am looking for a counter that can give me a return of 20% including commissions (15% net of commissions)

you dont want to loose your capital,in the nse returns are not guranteed remember political sentiments can be easily factored into a fundamentaly strong counter hence capital loss.i suggest you shouldnt invest money you are so attached to.

Sparkly, 20% in 6 months timeframe reminds me of 2006. i have reviewed my portfolio from investment in November to date here are my best stocks for six months
Mumias 34% paper gain
Kengen 28% realised
NIC 16% paper gain
KPLC 10% paper gain
Going forward i like in order of merit KPLC, kengen, KCB, mumias

here are my picks..kakuzi,mumias.kplc,crown and kenya re...

My exit strat has always been 40% gain. Luckily this time sameer caught off-guard and went to 50%. With time I've learned that greed has made me more losses than gains.

Safaricom for me is the counter with the highest growth potential now and in the future. It cuts across all demographics, it's an easy business to grow and there's still a lot of room for innovation (could be endless).
Their competitors have the same opportunities but they prefer to waste time complaining and giving us useless offers... did you see Telkom today whining that they want a $385m refund? Seriously can't they start thinking of solutions that will help people like send us free weather forecast and I'd know when to carry my ugly free AGM give-away to cover myself?

True only that you can't equate this to buying a soap sachet but all the same Uchumi would not accept liability if you came to return the sachet one or two years after.

The French were spending over $300m! Didn't they think that it was wise to do an inventory into what they were buying before and after knowing very well they were dealing with an extremely corrupt African government?

@2012

1) There are warranties issued i.e. the seller 'warrants' the 'quality' of the goods being sold... When you buy soap (implied warranty) or tyres (explicit warranty)... you expect a certain level of performance...

2) You can do the due diligence but unless you are ALLOWED to count every phone or go through every account... Normally, this is not the case... The other alternative is to hire an outside firm to do the work but if there are multiple bidders then who pays?

3) The issue is not one of 'returning' the goods but being sold an underweight product. The 1kg sachet (after sifting the crap) was only 100g of soap...

@horton - The Indians (Reliance) were not fools... LOL... they refused to pay crazy prices for Telkom or SNO licenses!!!

@sparkly, are you a gambling man/woman?
If you are or if you have some excess cash you don't mind playing around with get some Eveready at 3.90. Half year is March and if things are good (as I believe they should be) you could exit soon after. I got some at 3.40 and I'm crossing my fingers very very tightly.

@2012 Everready siwezi guza, even under the guidance of Pastor Hellon. Hapana hio