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Kenya Development Corporations Merged

July 2021 saw the announcement of the conclusion of merger plans for a Kenya Development Bank. In a gazette notice, the Government announced the creation of the Kenya Development Corporation in June 2021, which comprises the Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC), the Tourism Finance Corporation (TFC) and IDB Capital (formerly known as the Industrial Development Bank).

Industrial & Commercial Development Corporation:

ICDC owns 89% of Development Bank of Kenya, 27% of East African Fisheries, 17% of Eveready Batteries, 18% of Funguo Investments, 20% of General Motors East Africa, 4% of IDB Capital, 46% of KWA Holdings (KWAL) 27% of Mountain Region Poultry, 28% of Sisibo Tea, 2% of Uchumi Supermarkets, 31% of Almasi Beverages, 20% of Aon Minet Insurance and 23% of Centum Investments. Through a defunct subsidiary also 5% of Panpaper Mills, and 100% of Kenatco Taxis and 100% of Kenatco Transport.

ICDC also owns Uchumi House and Finance House in Nairobi and plots in Mombasa, Eldama Ravine, Eldoret and Embu, with another next to Malindi airport.

Tourism Finance Corporation:

TFC has subsidiaries including the Bomas of Kenya, Kabarnet Hotel (98%), Sunset Hotel at Kisumu (95%). Also Kenya Safari Lodges (82%), Mt Elgon Lodge (73%), Buffalo Springs (41%), Golf Hotel at Kakamega (40%), Mountain Lodge at Nyeri (39%) as well as 9% of Mararal Lodge and 5% of the Ark. Also Kenya Hotel Properties i.e. Nairobi’s InterContinental Hotel (33%) and International Hotels Kenya i.e Nairobi’s Hilton Hotel (41%). It also owns 52% of African Tours & Hotels (in liquidation).

TFC, previously known as the Kenya Tourist Development Corporation, owns Utalii house, a building on Moi Avenue Nairobi and a plot on prime Nkrumah avenue in Mombasa

IDB Capital:

IDB owns 0.3% of Consolidated Bank, 0.9% of Nzoia Sugar and 0.3% of South Nyanza Sugar Company (Sony) and a sliver of the Africa Export-Import Bank (AfrExIm)

Other:

All assets, securities and systems of the three institutions are now vested in the new corporation.

March 31 Numbers

It’s that time of the year when the companies that have their year-end in March get to release their 2016 results. These include  Safaricom, Centum and Kenya Airways

  • Centum: The Two Rivers mall seems also complete, and there are the venture in banking (Sidian Bank) & fund management (GenAfrica, Nabo Capital), expansion in beverage (Carlsberg beer, Almasi – Coca Cola). They exited insurance, divested of some property, and have  other new ones to pay for (Amu Power, Vipingo estates). Are they will keen on coal energy? Plus it’s time for shareholders to get some dividends.
  • Kenya Airways: Maybe the toughest year of the company in its 39-year history. One of shrinkage after a record loss , with everything “on the table” as CEO Mbuvi Ngunze has often said. This has come to include board reshuffle, selling a Heathrow airport slot, selling/leasing off brand new aircraft  (787 Dreamliners, and 777-300’s),  and staff layoffs. What’s been the financial outcome of these moves?
  • Safaricom:  Unparalleled at the top of the corporate food chain in terms of connection with citizens (communications, security) and as a taxpayer, with no rivals except itself. Has M-Pesa peaked? What’s next?

It’s also time for banks to release their quarter one results for 2016, in an interesting  year, one not seen since the dreaded early 1990’s and mid 1980’s when political banks were in the news for the wrong reasons. Everyone is wondering, who will buy reopened  Chase Bank?

Almasi Gets Juicy

A year after Centum took control of K-Rep Bank, Almasi Beverages and Genesis Kenya, they are now seeking more shares of Almasi.

In December, they were reported to have made an offer of Kshs 6 per share to minority shareholders of Almasi, a sum that they term as a 20% premium to when the company was formed in 2013. Payment will be within 10 days of the closing date f the offer to shareholders who accept and provide original share certificates.

This came after Centum shareholders had ratified the acquisition of an additional shareholding of  3% in Almasi (for Kshs 182 million) – resulting in Almasi Beverages becoming a subsidiary in which Centum holds an aggregate of 50.95% of the issued share capital.

$1 = Kshs 102.

Almasi & Coca-Cola

Almasi, the holding company for three Coca Cola bottling plants (Mt. Kenya Bottlers, Rift Valley Bottlers, Kisii Bottlers), had 2014 revenue Kshs 6.7 billion (up from 5.8 billion) and a pre-tax profit of Kshs 516 million (up from 256M). The company, which is 51% owned by Centum Investments, will pay out a dividend of 0.12 per shares (total Kshs 92 million) to shareholders.

The company has installed a new, and faster, glass bottling line and will launch a plastic bottling one at Nyeri in 2016, in line with trends in the beverage business where plastic, not glass bottles, are the preferred buy choice by consumers.

Almasi distributed about 29% of the Coca Cola products in Kenya, equally spread by the three plants and they see the governments plans for Northern and Eastern Kenya where improvements in infrastructure (around LAPSSET) and security over the next few years as an opportunity to open up new markets for their products.

The company also has a few tax claims from the Kenya Revenue Authority, but the directors don’t feel they will materialize.

$1 = Kshs 102

Shares Portfolio August 2015

Comparing performance to last quarter and a year ago the portfolio is down 10% in the last three months, while the while the NSE 20 share index  is down 12% since May 2015.

The Stable

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Atlas  ↓
Bralirwa (Rwanda) ↓
Centum (ICDCI) ↓
CIC Insurance  ↓
Diamond Trust ↓
Equity ↓
KCB ↓
Kenya Airways ↓
Kenya Oil ↓
Mumias ↓
NIC  ↓
NSE ↓
Safaricom ↓
Scangroup ↓
Stanbic (Uganda) ↓
TPSEA  ↓
Unga ↓

Summary

  • Everything is down this quarter!
  • In: Atlas, CIC Insurance, NIC, Equity Bank, TPSEA (Serena)
  • Out: None
  • Increase: Equity Bank
  • Decrease: None
  • Best performer: Kenol  (No change in three months)
  • Worst performer: Atlas (down 44%) ,KCB (down 24%), Centum (down 20%) Mumias

Unexpected Events:

  • Kenya Airways record loss.
  • Mumias and Uchumi have new CEO’s
  • Profit warnings at a half dozen Kenyan companies –  Car & General, Mumias Sugar, East African Cables, Express Kenya, Standard Group, and Uchumi.

Looking Forward To:

  • Safaricom’s dividend
  • KQ and Centum AGM’s