Equity Bank is its first casualty
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:D :D How about Safaricom? I thought Bob colluded with Safran Morpho and Chirchir in the rigging.
I have never understood the sour anti-Equity grapes - do they fund Jubilee? is it the ownership? the excellent management? the outstanding performance? the countless awards? Equity is the most celebrated institution in East Africa - with Dr Mwangi the only African winner of the Global Entrepreneur award. When someone throws tantrums against them I have to question their vision for the country.
Equity future is in equitel which is very fast gaining on mshwari and Mpesa both on merchant business and on money transfers. In addition they're collecting deposits cheaply and that's why they're closing branches or halting branch expansion.
Total, shell, oil Libya and gulf control more than 65% of the market so boycotting motorist will be forced to drive far off to fuel in most cases. Bottom line everyone is driven by their own selfish reasons, I doubt anyone would drive out of their way to fuel instead of fueling at the nearest petrol station.
:D :D How about Safaricom? I thought Bob colluded with Safran Morpho and Chirchir in the rigging.
I have never understood the sour anti-Equity grapes - do they fund Jubilee? is it the ownership? the excellent management? the outstanding performance? the countless awards? Equity is the most celebrated institution in East Africa - with Dr Mwangi the only African winner of the Global Entrepreneur award. When someone throws tantrums against them I have to question their vision for the country.
It's a round robin. Safcom will have their day. I've already switched lines.
The proponents of boycotts are supposedly targeting owners and companies that support jubilee. Boycotts won't work. NASA should boycott kplc, mama ngina is the largest single shareholder.Equity future is in equitel which is very fast gaining on mshwari and Mpesa both on merchant business and on money transfers. In addition they're collecting deposits cheaply and that's why they're closing branches or halting branch expansion.
Total, shell, oil Libya and gulf control more than 65% of the market so boycotting motorist will be forced to drive far off to fuel in most cases. Bottom line everyone is driven by their own selfish reasons, I doubt anyone would drive out of their way to fuel instead of fueling at the nearest petrol station.
How do you determine which business to boycott? The tribe of the owners? the management? the clientele?
The proponents of boycotts are supposedly targeting owners and companies that support jubilee. Boycotts won't work. NASA should boycott kplc, mama ngina is the largest single shareholder.Equity future is in equitel which is very fast gaining on mshwari and Mpesa both on merchant business and on money transfers. In addition they're collecting deposits cheaply and that's why they're closing branches or halting branch expansion.
Total, shell, oil Libya and gulf control more than 65% of the market so boycotting motorist will be forced to drive far off to fuel in most cases. Bottom line everyone is driven by their own selfish reasons, I doubt anyone would drive out of their way to fuel instead of fueling at the nearest petrol station.
How do you determine which business to boycott? The tribe of the owners? the management? the clientele?
:D :D How about Safaricom? I thought Bob colluded with Safran Morpho and Chirchir in the rigging.
I have never understood the sour anti-Equity grapes - do they fund Jubilee? is it the ownership? the excellent management? the outstanding performance? the countless awards? Equity is the most celebrated institution in East Africa - with Dr Mwangi the only African winner of the Global Entrepreneur award. When someone throws tantrums against them I have to question their vision for the country.
It's a round robin. Safcom will have their day. I've already switched lines.
I hope you've switched the Vodafone UK line too.
Safaricom has 12 executives.Why is that important?
Of these 9 are Kenyan.
Of these 5 are Luo.
2 Kamba.
1 Kikuyu.
1 Kalenjin.
https://www.safaricom.co.ke/about/about-safaricom/who-we-are/senior-management
Safaricom just announced 22B half year profit. The Ag CEO is one Joseph Ogutu 8) This must be very hard to swallow.Conspiracy theorists already tell us that Bob left precisely for his role in rigging nane nane and threats of boycott.
Safaricom has 12 executives.Why is that important?
Of these 9 are Kenyan.
Of these 5 are Luo.
2 Kamba.
1 Kikuyu.
1 Kalenjin.
https://www.safaricom.co.ke/about/about-safaricom/who-we-are/senior-management
Safaricom just announced 22B half year profit. The Ag CEO is one Joseph Ogutu 8) This must be very hard to swallow.Conspiracy theorists already tell us that Bob left precisely for his role in rigging nane nane and threats of boycott.
My understanding: Kikuyu businesses are not the target. Business colluders/supporters of Jubilee are. The tribes of the CEOs won't matter.Safaricom has 12 executives.Why is that important?
Of these 9 are Kenyan.
Of these 5 are Luo.
2 Kamba.
1 Kikuyu.
1 Kalenjin.
https://www.safaricom.co.ke/about/about-safaricom/who-we-are/senior-management
It's a "kikuyu business " like Equity.
My understanding: Kikuyu businesses are not the target. Business colluders/supporters of Jubilee are. The tribes of the CEOs won't matter.Safaricom has 12 executives.Why is that important?
Of these 9 are Kenyan.
Of these 5 are Luo.
2 Kamba.
1 Kikuyu.
1 Kalenjin.
https://www.safaricom.co.ke/about/about-safaricom/who-we-are/senior-management
It's a "kikuyu business " like Equity.
Safaricom has 12 executives.
Of these 9 are Kenyan.
Of these 5 are Luo.
2 Kamba.
1 Kikuyu.
1 Kalenjin.
https://www.safaricom.co.ke/about/about-safaricom/who-we-are/senior-management
This will only achieve one thing....make nasa financiers ran away...and having boycotted elections therefore starving itself of gok funding...Raila is even more kaput.Raila is basically undoing all the progress he has made as he works hard to become militia leader.Raila should simply honor his mou and let kalonzo try his luck in 2022.
Does Airtel or Telcom have an mpesa type of product?Yeah they do...Airtel Money, not sure about Telkom’s product
I've activated migration to Airtel. To hell with electoral fraudsters and their enablers.
Kumbe brookside has been killing dairy farmers.
That companies have to "donate" to supremo to avoid listing in the brazen & bizarre extortion racket- styled" economic boycott "? Criminal!
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Like I'd mentioned before, NASA governors now fearing their looting will be affected:
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/11/04/nasa-governors-misgivings-with-raila-game-plan_c1663914
Expect Senators , MPs and MCAs to start having silent misgivings also.
The cost of demos is thrown around as 700B but no explanation of the figure is forthcoming
What’s the realistic cost to the economy of this stalemate?
Your analysis is understandable under the current politicians driven politics. What Raila is doing is empowering the people and letting them take over. Once the people are fully empowered, no politician will dare get off the line. We will teach the people how to demonstrate peacefully, graciously and with humility, like they do in the West and then more people will come to the streets including people with jobs, businessmen and women, middle class and people will even bring children. Time is on our side.I wonder how the poor can be said to be empowered when there is, as far as I can tell, not a single meaningful step being taken by both coalitions to provide a conducive economic environment for said empowerment.Like I'd mentioned before, NASA governors now fearing their looting will be affected:
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/11/04/nasa-governors-misgivings-with-raila-game-plan_c1663914
Expect Senators , MPs and MCAs to start having silent misgivings also.
Your analysis is understandable under the current politicians driven politics. What Raila is doing is empowering the people and letting them take over. Once the people are fully empowered, no politician will dare get off the line. We will teach the people how to demonstrate peacefully, graciously and with humility, like they do in the West and then more people will come to the streets including people with jobs, businessmen and women, middle class and people will even bring children. Time is on our side.I wonder how the poor can be said to be empowered when there is, as far as I can tell, not a single meaningful step being taken by both coalitions to provide a conducive economic environment for said empowerment.Like I'd mentioned before, NASA governors now fearing their looting will be affected:
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/11/04/nasa-governors-misgivings-with-raila-game-plan_c1663914
Expect Senators , MPs and MCAs to start having silent misgivings also.
Not trying to be cynical, just wondering out aloud.
The cost of demos is thrown around as 700B but no explanation of the figure is forthcoming
What’s the realistic cost to the economy of this stalemate?
That's a Mickey mouse number designed to shock the public. The finance CS has it 1% gdp making it 80b.
The eventual cost of corruption and poor governance is the entire nation, lost lives etc.
Your analysis is understandable under the current politicians driven politics. What Raila is doing is empowering the people and letting them take over. Once the people are fully empowered, no politician will dare get off the line. We will teach the people how to demonstrate peacefully, graciously and with humility, like they do in the West and then more people will come to the streets including people with jobs, businessmen and women, middle class and people will even bring children. Time is on our side.I wonder how the poor can be said to be empowered when there is, as far as I can tell, not a single meaningful step being taken by both coalitions to provide a conducive economic environment for said empowerment.Like I'd mentioned before, NASA governors now fearing their looting will be affected:
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/11/04/nasa-governors-misgivings-with-raila-game-plan_c1663914
Expect Senators , MPs and MCAs to start having silent misgivings also.
Not trying to be cynical, just wondering out aloud.
How 'bout KPLC?Your analysis is understandable under the current politicians driven politics. What Raila is doing is empowering the people and letting them take over. Once the people are fully empowered, no politician will dare get off the line. We will teach the people how to demonstrate peacefully, graciously and with humility, like they do in the West and then more people will come to the streets including people with jobs, businessmen and women, middle class and people will even bring children. Time is on our side.I wonder how the poor can be said to be empowered when there is, as far as I can tell, not a single meaningful step being taken by both coalitions to provide a conducive economic environment for said empowerment.Like I'd mentioned before, NASA governors now fearing their looting will be affected:
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/11/04/nasa-governors-misgivings-with-raila-game-plan_c1663914
Expect Senators , MPs and MCAs to start having silent misgivings also.
Not trying to be cynical, just wondering out aloud.
Cynically wondering aloud. I note that the anti-competitive environment driven by Safcom is being dismantled right before our eyes. Strive would have an interesting story to tell about his YU network and what happened when he tried to venture into the market.
The rise of politically connected monopolies in Kenya only hurts the people and further encourages injustice in various forms. i.e consumer rights, price fixing, electoral and even economic.
Turns out Airtel have better offerings and the people are discovering this.
Your analysis is understandable under the current politicians driven politics. What Raila is doing is empowering the people and letting them take over. Once the people are fully empowered, no politician will dare get off the line. We will teach the people how to demonstrate peacefully, graciously and with humility, like they do in the West and then more people will come to the streets including people with jobs, businessmen and women, middle class and people will even bring children. Time is on our side.I wonder how the poor can be said to be empowered when there is, as far as I can tell, not a single meaningful step being taken by both coalitions to provide a conducive economic environment for said empowerment.Like I'd mentioned before, NASA governors now fearing their looting will be affected:
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/11/04/nasa-governors-misgivings-with-raila-game-plan_c1663914
Expect Senators , MPs and MCAs to start having silent misgivings also.
Not trying to be cynical, just wondering out aloud.
Kenya has been the most "peaceful" country in the region since independence and yet the poor were never economically empowered. This is because you cannot empower people economically if they are not politically empowered. This is why political empowerment is the first step to achieve economic empowerment. That is why I personally do not pay any mind to those who go around preaching peace and development in a political environment where Arap Mashamba is crowing how the 2017, 2022, and 2027 elections are forgone conclusions. He is even parading Muhoho as his successor in 2032. Ouruto had devised an elaborate system where in their minds Kenyans would vote "peacefully", and then, at the presidential level or any other local contest they desire to influence, the votes cast by wanainchi would be substituted to reflect their desired out come. What NASA is doing is breaking and dismantling this system so that Wanainchi can be empowered again politically. The economy may have to suffer until this political dictatorship is broken, otherwise the political victims of this primitive system must secede and chart their own destiny. Kenya was a creation of the Europeans and there is really no need for those of us who do not feel part of it to cling to it forever as slaves of certain tribes who consider themselves superior in fake numbers.Illogical.Your analysis is understandable under the current politicians driven politics. What Raila is doing is empowering the people and letting them take over. Once the people are fully empowered, no politician will dare get off the line. We will teach the people how to demonstrate peacefully, graciously and with humility, like they do in the West and then more people will come to the streets including people with jobs, businessmen and women, middle class and people will even bring children. Time is on our side.I wonder how the poor can be said to be empowered when there is, as far as I can tell, not a single meaningful step being taken by both coalitions to provide a conducive economic environment for said empowerment.Like I'd mentioned before, NASA governors now fearing their looting will be affected:
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/11/04/nasa-governors-misgivings-with-raila-game-plan_c1663914
Expect Senators , MPs and MCAs to start having silent misgivings also.
Not trying to be cynical, just wondering out aloud.
Mbadi explaining Safcon boycottHe should boycott receiving his salaries which in part comes from taxes paid by Safcom, Bidco, etc.
Mbadi explaining Safcon boycottHe should boycott receiving his salaries which in part comes from taxes paid by Safcom, Bidco, etc.
Err, almost all companies in .ke who have political connections across the spectrum are.Mbadi explaining Safcon boycottHe should boycott receiving his salaries which in part comes from taxes paid by Safcom, Bidco, etc.
Turns out that bidco are masterful tax dodgers.
WHAT H.E RAILA ODINGA’S CALL FOR BOYCOTT MEANS.Even though I find NASA's boycott a brainless endeavor, this tweet by the CA is even more silly:
By N Magaya
A lot has been said about the boycott of Safaricom, Bidco and Brookside. But not much is being said about what a boycott actually means.
If you listen to Hon David Murathe speak, you will understand the thinking of the ethnocracy. David Murathe confidently says “these people are protesting because they have no stake in the economy”.
If you meet your typical ethnic supremacist, that is the narrative they have – we own the economy, you people are just buyers. What they don’t say is that this state of things originated from land acquisition in the 60s and 70s and the redistribution of such land to a specific people.
That is the background. You have a state built on ethnocracy, that looks upon some of its citizens as poor, backward people whose only use is as a market. That is why the cynical and condescending sham of October 26th happened.
So how does a boycott come into this?
A boycott is a strategic move because it can be steered in a way that gives power to the market rather than the supplier. If the declared boycott of Safaricom is followed through with MPs and MCAs leading constituents to Airtel lines to ‘vote’ with their SIM cards, then in a few weeks millions of people can move to Airtel from Safaricom. Then NASA can begin to lead constituents in a similar fashion to MPESA alternatives. The idea is to divorce the people from the economy that the ethnocracy controls.
If it can be demonstrated by example that NASA can actually move people away from a company en masse, then a new respect will emerge among the wealthy for their market. This is a very good outcome.
NASA represents parts of Kenya that have faced marginalization for decades. The Coast has suffered because of historical land injustices.
Luo Nyanza has suffered because opportunities were denied and leaders killed.
Northern Kenya has suffered because the government did not invest in it.
Western has suffered because of deals between Uhuru and Museveni that have killed sugar industry. These and more have made such regions so destitute that they can only function as consumers. Much of Kenya’s industrial and agricultural output is in Central and the Rift Valley – by design. Which makes some regions producers of goods, services and employment, while others are consumers. Because of this, we are expected to kneel before our economy owners/masters or face unemployment and starvation. How is this then a democratic market economy?
Safaricom as a network has been involved in many of the crimes committed against citizens. Bidco’s owners are alleged big donors of both PNU and Jubilee. Brookside has created a dairy monopoly in Kenya and then made deals with Uganda to sell milk there and in return allow Ugandan sugar into Kenya at the expense of Mumias, Sony, Ramisi and the rest.
These are companies that employ Kenyans yes, but must we live under tyranny simply for want of employment? When Kenya is free of Jubilee regime do we not have minds that can run these and even bigger and better companies?
Remember how the colonialists mocked Africans for wanting independence by saying we could not handle it because we could not even manufacture a needle? Are we not independent now and making needles? Will we then continue dying from police bullets, living under fake democracy and suffering ethnic-based marginalization simply because we are afraid of losing jobs? Why are we like this?
Let Safaricom fall if that is what it takes. The post-Jubilee government will make a new Safaricom that does not aid in election fraud. Let Bidco fall if that is what it takes. If every county has its own vegetable oil press that will be more employment and none of the profit will be spent on oathing and militias that are killing people in Kisumu. Let Brookside fall if that is what it takes. Is the science of dairy farming only known to the Kenyattas? Must we buy milk from them? Are our villages and farms unable to have milk processing plants?
Revolution is not eating ice-cream. Resistance is not a romantic holiday. There must be some sacrifice in order for the greater good to be secured for the future. Are we going to sit and complain about little inconveniences when the very constitution that allows us the space to complain and resist was achieved through blood, long prison sentences and torture? Do you think the clamor for multi-partyism was silly people complaining about the coldness of the prison cells?
There cannot be any reform if everyone sits and complains about the process. Every revolution starts somewhere.
The Arab spring began with a single man setting himself on fire in Tunisia. People took action, they did not sit and discuss the brand of fuel the man used.
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BREAKING: @CA_Kenya statement on boycott calls of telecommunications products and services pic.twitter.com/eybwX2nqWs
— Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) (@CA_Kenya) November 7, 2017
WHAT H.E RAILA ODINGA’S CALL FOR BOYCOTT MEANS.Even though I find NASA's boycott a brainless endeavor, this tweet by the CA is even more silly:
By N Magaya
A lot has been said about the boycott of Safaricom, Bidco and Brookside. But not much is being said about what a boycott actually means.
If you listen to Hon David Murathe speak, you will understand the thinking of the ethnocracy. David Murathe confidently says “these people are protesting because they have no stake in the economy”.
If you meet your typical ethnic supremacist, that is the narrative they have – we own the economy, you people are just buyers. What they don’t say is that this state of things originated from land acquisition in the 60s and 70s and the redistribution of such land to a specific people.
That is the background. You have a state built on ethnocracy, that looks upon some of its citizens as poor, backward people whose only use is as a market. That is why the cynical and condescending sham of October 26th happened.
So how does a boycott come into this?
A boycott is a strategic move because it can be steered in a way that gives power to the market rather than the supplier. If the declared boycott of Safaricom is followed through with MPs and MCAs leading constituents to Airtel lines to ‘vote’ with their SIM cards, then in a few weeks millions of people can move to Airtel from Safaricom. Then NASA can begin to lead constituents in a similar fashion to MPESA alternatives. The idea is to divorce the people from the economy that the ethnocracy controls.
If it can be demonstrated by example that NASA can actually move people away from a company en masse, then a new respect will emerge among the wealthy for their market. This is a very good outcome.
NASA represents parts of Kenya that have faced marginalization for decades. The Coast has suffered because of historical land injustices.
Luo Nyanza has suffered because opportunities were denied and leaders killed.
Northern Kenya has suffered because the government did not invest in it.
Western has suffered because of deals between Uhuru and Museveni that have killed sugar industry. These and more have made such regions so destitute that they can only function as consumers. Much of Kenya’s industrial and agricultural output is in Central and the Rift Valley – by design. Which makes some regions producers of goods, services and employment, while others are consumers. Because of this, we are expected to kneel before our economy owners/masters or face unemployment and starvation. How is this then a democratic market economy?
Safaricom as a network has been involved in many of the crimes committed against citizens. Bidco’s owners are alleged big donors of both PNU and Jubilee. Brookside has created a dairy monopoly in Kenya and then made deals with Uganda to sell milk there and in return allow Ugandan sugar into Kenya at the expense of Mumias, Sony, Ramisi and the rest.
These are companies that employ Kenyans yes, but must we live under tyranny simply for want of employment? When Kenya is free of Jubilee regime do we not have minds that can run these and even bigger and better companies?
Remember how the colonialists mocked Africans for wanting independence by saying we could not handle it because we could not even manufacture a needle? Are we not independent now and making needles? Will we then continue dying from police bullets, living under fake democracy and suffering ethnic-based marginalization simply because we are afraid of losing jobs? Why are we like this?
Let Safaricom fall if that is what it takes. The post-Jubilee government will make a new Safaricom that does not aid in election fraud. Let Bidco fall if that is what it takes. If every county has its own vegetable oil press that will be more employment and none of the profit will be spent on oathing and militias that are killing people in Kisumu. Let Brookside fall if that is what it takes. Is the science of dairy farming only known to the Kenyattas? Must we buy milk from them? Are our villages and farms unable to have milk processing plants?
Revolution is not eating ice-cream. Resistance is not a romantic holiday. There must be some sacrifice in order for the greater good to be secured for the future. Are we going to sit and complain about little inconveniences when the very constitution that allows us the space to complain and resist was achieved through blood, long prison sentences and torture? Do you think the clamor for multi-partyism was silly people complaining about the coldness of the prison cells?
There cannot be any reform if everyone sits and complains about the process. Every revolution starts somewhere.
The Arab spring began with a single man setting himself on fire in Tunisia. People took action, they did not sit and discuss the brand of fuel the man used.
(https://s1.postimg.org/8onzr95o2n/D86_F5279-8_D0_E-42_DE-_AA1_F-10_D2769_C1709.jpg)BREAKING: @CA_Kenya statement on boycott calls of telecommunications products and services pic.twitter.com/eybwX2nqWs
— Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) (@CA_Kenya) November 7, 2017