Citizens, enlighten me.
Back in mid 2008, senior officials of the investment club behind this Kisima idea approached us and offered us plots for Kshs. 50,000 each and promised us that they would put up a gated community estate.
Ten of us joined together and each coughed up Kshs. 5,000 and we got a Certificate of Ownership for plot number***** on Kamulu-Ndonyo Sabuk/Komorock block 1/25, measuring approximately 0.10ha.
Two weeks ago, one of the officials approached us and offered to pay Kshs. 300,000 for the Plot. He even showed us a banker's cheque in the favour of the business name we had registered to buy the plot.
We asked for time to think about it. It now emerges that the by-pass from Thika to Mombasa road passes about seven klicks from the piece of land and construction starts in January 2013.
The Presbyterian Church is apparently putting up a university on the piece of land next to ours.
Now, my question is:
(a) Could a pyramid scheme have lasted this long?
(b) A return of 25,000 from 5,000 in four years, could I have gotten a better hassle free deal else where?
(c) Should we hold or do we sell? For what does he know that we do not?
(e) Since there are about 250 more plots on the piece of land, we were thinking of buying from other investors at about 250,000 a piece. Should we? Should we run?