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KQ Announces Eldoret Route

National carrier Kenya Airways has announced the launch of flights to two new destinations – Kilimanjaro in Northern Tanzania and Eldoret in Kenya’s Rift Valley – beginning July. The airline will, from July 2, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport and twice daily to Eldoret starting July 4. The launch of the…
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Changes to the Pesa Portfolio

We have made some changes to the various stocks in the Pesa Portfolio. Rea Vipingo has made an entry while Uchumi and Mumias have been slashed following their movements of late.
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Another ATM Theft Technique to Watch Out For

ATM theft is evolving at an alarming rate, as we showed yesterday in our post, Be Warned of This ATM Theft Technique. In this regard, we have taken up the responsibility of informing you of more ATM theft techniques to look out for. Most of these…
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Mobile Termination Rates Lowered

The long debated mobile termination rate has been set at Shs. 1.60 by the Communications Commission of Kenya. The regulator had announced earlier that it planned to lower mobile termination rates (MTR) in July from the current Sh2.21  to  Sh1.44 a minute.  MTR is the amount of money an operator pays…
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Train Service To Ease Mombasa Road Traffic

The notorious Nairobi traffic jams could soon be a thing of the past as developments in the railway system takes shape. Yesterday, Kenya Railway Corporation opened the new connection line to the newly refurbished Syokimau sub station. The new line, the first one built by Kenya since…
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Stocks Watch – 30 May 2012

At the close of trading at the NSE yesterday, the NSE 20-share index stood at 3,627.64 while the All-share index stood at 78.20. The total shares traded during the day stood at 9.085 million equating to an equity turnover of KES 166.82 million. In today’s trading we will be watching…
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Forex Trail – 30 May 2012

Below is a table of the performance of the Kenya Shilling against the major international currencies and the currencies of our neighbouring countries in the last two sessions, Monday 28 May 2012 and Tuesday 29 May 2012. Currency Date US Dollar Euro Sterling Pound SA Rand KESUSHS KESTSHS KESRWF Monday…
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What To Look Out For At The CBK Auction

This week, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) will auction 91 day and 182 day Treasury bills worth KES 2 billion each. The auction for the 91  day bills will be on Thursday 31st while the 182 day auction will be today, Wednesday 30th May. At the auctions, we will…
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Kaa Chonjo With Your PIN

In light of our recent post, Be Warned of This ATM Theft Technique, below are a couple of guidelines from Kaa Chonjo with your PIN, an initiative by the Kenya Bankers Association  that raises awareness about how best to use ATMs and…
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KQ Rights Results Out Today (Updated)

The Kenya Airways Rights Issue has essentially quadrupled the number of shares. Analysts believe the share price could drop, to even four times the present value once the new shares begin trading on the securities exchange.
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Closing Bell – 29 May 2012

Gainers Price          Change Uchumi Supermarket 17.05 10.00% Eveready East Africa 1.95 8.33% Crown Berger 31.00 6.90% Pan Africa Insurance Holdings 31.50 5.00% Unga Group 12.70 4.53% Losers Price         Change Housing Finance Company Limited 15.00 5.06% Cooperative Bank…
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Concern over Quality of Service by Telecom Companies

The Parliament today set to out discuss  the latest Cellular Mobile Quality of Service Performance Assessment Report for all the mobile phone operators in Kenya. The report prepared by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) points out  quality of service compliance by mobile phone operators. CCK requires that of…
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Paysure Launches Local Internet Payment Platform

Paysure Limited has today partnered with Kenswitch and Chase bank to offer an online payments platform, to tap into the growing ecommerce market in the region. Kenswitch member-bank cardholders can now make purchases on the internet using their debit or prepaid cards. One…
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Incremental Housing Coming To You Soon

What if you could get a loan for a house, pay the loan as you construct, finish the ground floor, move and then take another loan facility to complete the next floor and so on?
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PesaPortfolio – 29 May 2012

Below is the position at which our portfolio stood as at the end of business yesterday, the 28th of May 2012. Share Market Segment Units Latest Share price (KES) Previous Price (KES) Current portfolio value (KES) Previous portfolio value (KES) Mumias Sugar Company Manufacturing and allied 2,700.00 5.65 5.70 15,255.00…
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