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Kenya Economy Watch
murchr
#631 Posted : Friday, April 11, 2014 3:37:24 AM
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mwekez@ji wrote:
murchr wrote:
Saw on TV yesterday that Comcraft Group is looking into listing into the NSE...any more details?


... to list in 2 to 3 years ... found it to be quite far. many things could change by then

---> http://in.reuters.com/article/2...ft-idINBREA380HY20140409


2-3 years.....they aint serious
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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hisah
#632 Posted : Friday, April 11, 2014 6:11:33 AM
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murchr wrote:
mwekez@ji wrote:
murchr wrote:
Saw on TV yesterday that Comcraft Group is looking into listing into the NSE...any more details?


... to list in 2 to 3 years ... found it to be quite far. many things could change by then

---> http://in.reuters.com/article/2...ft-idINBREA380HY20140409


2-3 years.....they aint serious

A commodo industrial play this will be and larger than EACL. Should be an interesting listing depending on what biz the group floats.
$15/barrel oil... The commodities lehman moment arrives as well as Sovereign debt volcano!
hisah
#633 Posted : Monday, April 14, 2014 10:55:31 AM
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I don't like what I see here. Ascending triangle as the compression towards 87-87.50 zone intensifies towards a breakout... KES about to take it in the chin Sad

$15/barrel oil... The commodities lehman moment arrives as well as Sovereign debt volcano!
Kausha
#634 Posted : Monday, April 14, 2014 11:56:58 AM
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kryptonite wrote:
mwekez@ji wrote:
murchr wrote:
The size of Kenya’s economy could increase by up to a fifth this year after the scheduled revision of data is completed, research by Standard Chartered Bank Plc indicates.

In 2012 Kenya’s GDP was put at Sh3.44 trillion but this could rise by Sh688 billion to Sh4.128 trillion once the underestimation is corrected.

“Near-term, attention will focus on the routine rebasing of Kenyan GDP statistics. Official growth figures are at odds with other evidence, suggesting some underestimation of economic activity over time,” said Razia Khan, head of research on Africa at StanChart Plc.

Good or bad?

http://www.businessdailyafrica....6/-/s2puvyz/-/index.html


;-) Cant be bad

“It is plausible that Kenya’s GDP will be revised up by circa 20 per cent with updated survey data, most likely in Q2-2014,” said Ms Khan.

She said the revision would likely improve key credit metrics such as the average per-capita income, the fiscal and current account deficits when measured as a percentage of GDP, as well as public debt ratios.

“An upward revision to GDP would help explain Kenya’s more favourable revenue mobilisation ratios compared with most of its peers, although this also reflects Kenya’s better-established private sector,” she said.



I like the sound of this! So circa $48 billion.




In real terms a horrible move for the current tax payers and future tax payers - a daft way of increasing debt capacity and entrenching large scale wastage of resources. Rebasing GDP when the economy in at a standstill and little effort is going towards enhancing key drivers of economic growth smirks of mischief and incompetence on the part of the economic leadership of the country. UK ought to fire some guys. Reminds me of the same rebasing of the inflation basket and look where we are at 7% and likely to hit 10% if the Almighty continues with the ongoing water rationing problem.

So now we are a $ 50billion economy and our debt is already at 51% before the Eurobond with no net repayments over the last 3 years (all maturing debt is always refinanced by the new borrowing). Reminds me of Enron.
Kausha
#635 Posted : Monday, April 14, 2014 12:19:35 PM
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mwekez@ji wrote:
New Construction Rules to End China's Market Control

Foreign firms undertaking civil works in Kenya will be required to bid for just one project and do it in a joint venture with a local firm, the National Construction Authority has said.

The authority vice chair, Isabella Wachira said this will happen if proposed regulations by the NCA become law.

She said they are hopeful that the regulations will be enacted by the National Assembly which is currently scrutinizing the proposal.

"Foreign firms will be registered to do one project and our aim is to have these firms entrench their construction technology to local firms.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201404100679.html


"Joint Venture" and there lies the problem. The authority VC and her board of directors shouldn't take us for a ride. This how they plan to retire I suppose. Local content via Joint Venture in a country where corruption reeks to the high heavens yaawaaa madam we are not stupid.

Where people are progressive and free of too much corruption local content is achieved by ensuring foreign contractors have an overwhelming minimum cap of key technical staff as locals say 90% of engineers, foremen and plant operators etc. This means then as a foreign company if I can't find the necessary skills I set up my own training school or set up a JV with a university. For a foreign company to set up a training facility you surely can't limit me to a single contractual job. I need more jobs to justify the investment in the training program. The benefits of this approach are obvious, we have more skilled personnel in large numbers who can risk their capital in future and be the 'local chinese' or can take the same expertise to the counties and do credible work. If we training schools even better because we have skilled people being developed at a faster rate than they are being absorbed. One of the weaknesses in our labor force is that we lack skills and demonstrated expertise but are very educated.

Now what this law portends purposefully or ignorantly is tell us they are setting up a law to ensure as board members and their kin will from hencheforth be wealthy and all we need to do is support these laws which say before you bid you must select one rent seeker aka local company and by the way you only bid one job at a time so that we can have as many chinese companies coming in and as many rent seekers - local companies coming up in other words proliferation of rent seekers. We don't have to be lawyers to seek the mischief and loopholes in the proposed law. A simple question for the board and the repugnant law, how do you limit the number of brief case companies aka rent seeker from participating and how do you ensure skills transfer from the Chinese company to the brief case staff who will be ghost workers anyway.

Kausha
#636 Posted : Monday, April 14, 2014 12:51:09 PM
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mwekez@ji wrote:
New Construction Rules to End China's Market Control

Foreign firms undertaking civil works in Kenya will be required to bid for just one project and do it in a joint venture with a local firm, the National Construction Authority has said.

The authority vice chair, Isabella Wachira said this will happen if proposed regulations by the NCA become law.

She said they are hopeful that the regulations will be enacted by the National Assembly which is currently scrutinizing the proposal.

"Foreign firms will be registered to do one project and our aim is to have these firms entrench their construction technology to local firms.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201404100679.html


"Joint Venture" and there lies the problem. The authority VC and her board of directors shouldn't take us for a ride. This how they plan to retire I suppose. Local content via Joint Venture in a country where corruption reeks to the high heavens yaawaaa madam we are not stupid.

Where people are progressive and free of too much corruption local content is achieved by ensuring foreign contractors have an overwhelming minimum cap of key technical staff as locals say 90% of engineers, foremen and plant operators etc. This means then as a foreign company if I can't find the necessary skills I set up my own training school or set up a JV with a university. For a foreign company to set up a training facility you surely can't limit me to a single contractual job. I need more jobs to justify the investment in the training program. The benefits of this approach are obvious, we have more skilled personnel in large numbers who can risk their capital in future and be the 'local chinese' or can take the same expertise to the counties and do credible work. If we training schools even better because we have skilled people being developed at a faster rate than they are being absorbed. One of the weaknesses in our labor force is that we lack skills and demonstrated expertise but are very educated.

Now what this law portends purposefully or ignorantly is tell us they are setting up a law to ensure as board members and their kin will from hencheforth be wealthy and all we need to do is support these laws which say before you bid you must select one rent seeker aka local company and by the way you only bid one job at a time so that we can have as many chinese companies coming in and as many rent seekers - local companies coming up in other words proliferation of rent seekers. We don't have to be lawyers to seek the mischief and loopholes in the proposed law. A simple question for the board and the repugnant law, how do you limit the number of brief case companies aka rent seeker from participating and how do you ensure skills transfer from the Chinese company to the brief case staff who will be ghost workers anyway.

Cde Monomotapa
#637 Posted : Monday, April 14, 2014 1:29:12 PM
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^On the flip, and on a day like this, Eng. students must be encouraged to sit through campus as such policy initiatives stand to benefit them directly. Furthermore, they can form chamas and bid for TCL (Civicon) while they are at it!

As a side note, the honorable members of this profession are renown for their suave and qualifications to the hilt smile if you know what I mean.. So let's not knock their hustle just yet. Let's see..

Also, HF's technical school initiative will make a lot of sense by creating that local skill pool.
Ericsson
#638 Posted : Tuesday, April 15, 2014 6:47:50 AM
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According to cabinet secretary Finance--Mr Rotich;the government will be spending about ksh.300 billion in repayment of debt in the 2014/2015 financial year
Wealth is built through a relatively simple equation
Wealth=Income + Investments - Lifestyle
hisah
#639 Posted : Tuesday, April 15, 2014 8:22:23 AM
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Labour wars - http://mobile.nation.co....l/-/31mwa2/-/index.html

Persistent labour wars depict a stagnant or econ slowdown with visible or hidden inflation. So far industrials are out of the money, agri is facing the same and tourism too. Something will snap very soon, eurobond or not... USDKES will signal...

Peak time for tourism, but humble pies this easter. Out of the monies - http://mobile.nation.co....ml/-/k50k3n/-/index.html
$15/barrel oil... The commodities lehman moment arrives as well as Sovereign debt volcano!
hisah
#640 Posted : Tuesday, April 15, 2014 8:34:49 AM
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Next signal, forex accounts that earn interest as fx drought shows up... This time it's different than 2011.
$15/barrel oil... The commodities lehman moment arrives as well as Sovereign debt volcano!
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