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My 2 cents
#616 Posted : Thursday, March 03, 2022 8:57:44 PM
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McGill wrote:
My 2 cents wrote:
The Government promise of reduction in power by 30% is not factored in HY1 results. So expect a disappointing HY2.


Does the govt just force kplc to reduce prices or it compensates KPLC through subsidies like it does for petrol prices?


Am not sure this has been worked out in detail.
The fuel subsidies will only hold until after the election.
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VituVingiSana
#617 Posted : Friday, March 04, 2022 11:12:00 AM
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My 2 cents wrote:
McGill wrote:
My 2 cents wrote:
The Government promise of reduction in power by 30% is not factored in HY1 results. So expect a disappointing HY2.


Does the govt just force kplc to reduce prices or it compensates KPLC through subsidies like it does for petrol prices?


Am not sure this has been worked out in detail.
The fuel subsidies will only hold until after the election.
Government run entities are full of issues. Good luck.

I say this and I am crying tears about Kenya Re which despite not being stolen from is suffering from low RoE and dividends.
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
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mlennyma
#618 Posted : Friday, March 04, 2022 12:19:39 PM
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My 2 cents wrote:
The Government promise of reduction in power by 30% is not factored in HY1 results. So expect a disappointing HY2.


Let the government buy back Kplc shares from shareholders and dictate on how the company does business, it doesn't make any business sense to investors
"Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning."
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My 2 cents
#619 Posted : Friday, March 04, 2022 12:53:25 PM
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VituVingiSana wrote:
My 2 cents wrote:
McGill wrote:
My 2 cents wrote:
The Government promise of reduction in power by 30% is not factored in HY1 results. So expect a disappointing HY2.


Does the govt just force kplc to reduce prices or it compensates KPLC through subsidies like it does for petrol prices?


Am not sure this has been worked out in detail.
The fuel subsidies will only hold until after the election.
Government run entities are full of issues. Good luck.

I say this and I am crying tears about Kenya Re which despite not being stolen from is suffering from low RoE and dividends.


It is a lot harder to steal from Kenya-Re without heavy CAPEX. That is the main route of steal. If Kenya-Re suddenly starts to buy shady Real Estate or on grossly inflated values. Run. Also Kenya - RE has been steadily losing market share.
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Ericsson
#620 Posted : Friday, March 04, 2022 9:09:33 PM
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VituVingiSana wrote:
My 2 cents wrote:
McGill wrote:
My 2 cents wrote:
The Government promise of reduction in power by 30% is not factored in HY1 results. So expect a disappointing HY2.


Does the govt just force kplc to reduce prices or it compensates KPLC through subsidies like it does for petrol prices?


Am not sure this has been worked out in detail.
The fuel subsidies will only hold until after the election.
Government run entities are full of issues. Good luck.

I say this and I am crying tears about Kenya Re which despite not being stolen from is suffering from low RoE and dividends.


Most insurance and reinsurance companies dividend payout ratio of the after tax profit is low.Even the big ones like Jubilee.At best its 20%.
Wealth is built through a relatively simple equation
Wealth=Income + Investments - Lifestyle
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Ericsson
#621 Posted : Monday, March 07, 2022 7:23:15 AM
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https://www.businessdail...g-fixed-internet-3739162
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mlennyma
#622 Posted : Monday, March 07, 2022 10:06:03 AM
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Ericsson wrote:
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/companies/kenya-power-to-start-selling-fixed-internet-3739162


it will be another blackout and outage zone
"Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning."
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kmucheke
#623 Posted : Monday, March 07, 2022 2:37:01 PM
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mlennyma wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/companies/kenya-power-to-start-selling-fixed-internet-3739162


it will be another blackout and outage zone


They should stick with leasing their idle optical fibre network. The customer expectations for an ISP, Kenya Power can't match.
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Extraterrestrial
#624 Posted : Wednesday, March 30, 2022 3:34:26 PM
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Share price collapsing on GoK refusal to raise fuel cost surcharge, despite the rout in geothermal.
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My 2 cents
#625 Posted : Wednesday, March 30, 2022 5:30:35 PM
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KPLC risks going the KQ way. Needing perpetual state bailouts. Sad because were it not a parastatal this would be a massively profitable business. The same can't be said of KQ which is just in a bad business regardless of how it is run.

After Safaricom and EABL, KPLC comes third in the amount it collects from sales annually. Sadly this is all eaten up by IPP costs, transmission costs, admin costs, hefty interest costs...

(I still smile at the fact that on aggregate Kenyans spend more on their beer than they do their power :)
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Ericsson
#626 Posted : Saturday, December 31, 2022 5:08:22 PM
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https://www.capitalfm.co...r-meters-amid-shortage/

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VituVingiSana
#627 Posted : Sunday, January 01, 2023 8:02:16 PM
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Ericsson wrote:
https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2022/12/kenya-power-unable-to-replace-destroyed-power-meters-amid-shortage/

d'oh! GoK controlled institutions have too much drama
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
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littledove
#628 Posted : Friday, July 21, 2023 4:03:20 PM
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https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/imf-renews-push-for-kenya-power-board-shake-up--4310286

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants the State to shake up the Kenya Power board and settle at least Sh26 billion owed to the utility as part of reforms to steady the electricity distributor.

The government last month committed to clear some Sh19.4 billion owed to Kenya Power under the Rural Electrification Scheme and is yet to pay the utility Sh7 billion as compensation for last year’s 15 percent electricity tariff cuts.
what happened to kenya airways is about to happen to KPLC shareholders, conversion of debt to equity and massive dilutionPray Pray
There are only two emotions in the stock market, fear and hope. The problem is, you hope when you should fear and fear when you should hope
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kawi254
#629 Posted : Friday, July 21, 2023 8:06:22 PM
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littledove wrote:
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/imf-renews-push-for-kenya-power-board-shake-up--4310286

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants the State to shake up the Kenya Power board and settle at least Sh26 billion owed to the utility as part of reforms to steady the electricity distributor.

The government last month committed to clear some Sh19.4 billion owed to Kenya Power under the Rural Electrification Scheme and is yet to pay the utility Sh7 billion as compensation for last year’s 15 percent electricity tariff cuts.
what happened to kenya airways is about to happen to KPLC shareholders, conversion of debt to equity and massive dilutionPray Pray


IMF via IFC invests in IPPs or gives loans to IPPs and will give loan to GoK to ensure KPLC is viable and able to pay the IPPs who make money for IMF via IFC...kizungu-mkuti kweli
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Angelica _ann
#630 Posted : Saturday, July 22, 2023 12:41:54 AM
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This one will only survive because it is a very important utility & monopoly company. However, shareholders are in trouble.

Kujeni BAT 🥰
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
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