hardwood wrote:Chaka wrote:The shida seems tom be that they are using the "wrong" funds..i,e funds meant for project D are being used for projects B and C or something of that nature?
hardwood wrote:But they have real houses on the ground. Shida iko wapi?
Nothing wrong with that when one is undertaking several projects. Note that the buyers pay in installments and therefore there is no need for the company to borrow expensive funds from banks for specific projects when they can use the deposits and installments they receive from buyers. The funds go into a common pool and can be utilized in various projects as need arises but ultimately every buyer will get their house.
The challenge Hardwood comes where the 'Robbing Peter to pay Paul' model hits a dead end like in case they run out of projects to sell (read Peters to rob). There clearly seems to be a funding gap and it is not entirely because of them taking installments. It appears from the allegations that there is money that disappeared from the system and this created the funding gap hence the delays in the delivery of earlier projects from the alleged associated companies. In that case they don't want to sell more units, they neeeed to keep selling more units.
So
1) The success of their projects if the allegations are true would be heavily dependent on continuing to sell more and more units. Once this stops, like possibly as a result of the circulating rumours, there will be a problem. The last to purchase will have funds be committed to other projects with no one to fund their units, almost like a pyramid scheme.
2) The same issues that caused the monies alleged to have leaked out of the system in earlier projects may persist and the funding gap may be growing. Same directors, key shareholder etc
They need support but they need to earn the support.
I borrow 5mil to support guys who even have a hint of weak corporate governance structures?! Hehehe Nairobi ni shamba la mawe!
There are too many opportunities all around. Open your eyes and maybe you'll spot one