Near Madaraka/Nairobi West side, there were some 2 agents who had set up an Equity agency. Then a few weeks later, Equity decides to open a branch between the 2 of them. Call that a sucker punch. Mind you, they are within a stone's throw of each other. Maybe they should advise people on whether they are going to open branches near them. I doubt those guys are doing much business now. Labda at night/Sundays

@Obiero. Then prepare for disaster. 7 B H1 PBT for either KCB or EB will not be achieved. BTW, how did you did you come up with such an (unrealistic) expectation?

@Obiero. OK - I get your reasoning behind the 7 B projection.

But consider this...

In Q1 2011, KCB made a PBT of 2.5B, so to get to 7B, they would have to do 4.5B in Q2 alone, a jump of 80% in 3 short months. Does that sound realistic or a flight of fancy, knowing KCB's track record and current economic conditions?

Angalau, KCB and others wont look so bad when they post 20% growth.

According to Business Daily, KCB will be quickly following in Equity's footsteps to release their results tomorrow. Given that the folks at KCB are not too fond of waking up early, I expect that their results will be out after the market closes in the afternoon.