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COMMERCIAL AND SERVICES 7KHVSHFLILFIHDWXUHVRIWKH%RQG V WKDWLVWKH7HQRU$PRXQWV&RXSRQUDWHVDQGLVVXHWHUPVZLOOEHSURYLGHGLQWKH 5.10 0.45 Deacons (East Africa) Plc Ord 2.50 0.45 SURVSHFWXVEHIRUHWKHLVVXHGDWH Co-op Bank Group posted 110 0.90 Eveready East Africa Ltd Ord 1.00 1.00 0.93 3,200 Sh7.4 billion net profit in the 4.90 4.00 Express Kenya Plc Ord 5.00 4.14 0.00 0.00 Homeboyz Entertainment Plc 0.50 4.66 'DYLG/XXVD first half of 2021 to grow by 2.3 9.50 0.80 Kenya Airways Ltd Ord 1.00 3.83 'LUHFWRU)LQDQFLDO0DUNHWV per cent on improved asset 4.53 3.70 Longhorn Publishers Plc Ord 1.00 3.99 4.00 2,600 -XO\ 13.80 4.20 Nairobi Business Ventures Ltd Ord. 1.00 4.79 524 37,800 base, loans and government 26.25 14.35 Nation Media Group Plc Ord. 2.50 24.95 25.10 17,200 securities. 3.80 3.01 Sameer Africa Plc Ord 5.00 3.45 329 1,100 CBK KEY RATES Despite the Covid-19 pan- 20.00 15.00 Standard Group Plc Ord 5.00 18.00 16.25 13.20 TP5 Eastern Africa Ltd Ord 1.00 14.90 Central Bank Rate 7.00% 28/07/2021 demic knocks, total assets 0.29 0.22 Uchumi Supermarket Plc Ord 5.00 024 023 200 soared by 12 per cent to Sh573 6.24 4.31 WPP Scangroup Plc Ord 1.00 4.32 4.37 156,000 Inter-Bank Rate 2.83% 17/08/2021 CONSTRUCTION & ALLIED CBK Discount Window 13.00% 28/07/2021 billion from Sh513.9 billion 8.35 2.40 ARM Cement Plc Ord 1.00 5.55 posted the same period last 41.85 34.00 Barnburi Cement Ltd Ord 5.00 38.70 38.40 119,700 91-Day T-Bill 6.527% 16/08/2021 year, to gain Sh59.1 billion. as businesses and households 42.80 19.05 Crown Paints Kenya Plc Ord 5.00 25.35 REPO 5.33% 13/08/2021 continued to face due to the 1.46 1.18 E.A.Cables Ltd Ord 0.50 1.42 1.42 412,700 Increased profitability was 9.54 7.20 E.A.Portland Cement Co. Ltd Ord 5.00 8.66 economic effects of the Co- Inflation Rate 6.44% July,2021 on the back of a 20 per cent ENERGY 2. PETROLEUM Lending Rate 12.02% June,2021 surge in the operating income vid-19 pandemic. “A total of Sh49 billion in 4.70 3.90 KenGen Co. Plc Ord. 2.50 4.14 4.19 152,200 Savings Rate 2.55% June,2021 to Sh29.2 billion during the pe- 1.45 129 Kenya Power et Lighting Co Plc Ord 2.50 1.39 1.39 141,700 riod under review, as customer loans was restructured during 5.50 4.50 Kenya Power 6 Lighting Plc 4% Pref 20.00 4.53 Deposit Rate 6.37% June,2021 the CBK restructure window 6.00 6.00 Kenya Power & Lighting Plc 7% Pref 20.00 6.00 deposits grew by 6 per cent, 26.75 23.55 TotalEnergies Marketing Kenya Plc Ord 5.00 24.30 24.50 1,800 KBRR 8.9% 27/07/2016 from Sh384.6 billion to Sh407.7 that ended on 31st March 2021 7.00 5.44 Umeme Ltd Ord 0.50 6.56 to support customers impacted INSURANCE billion. 8.78 6.60 Britam Holdings Plc Ord 0.10 8.38 8.04 79,700 KEY CBK INDICATIVE EXCHANGE RATES 18/8/2021 Net loans and advances ex- by the pandemic,” said Muriuki 3.50 2.01 CIC Insurance Group Ltd Ord.I.00 3.02 3.10 41,000 CURRENCY MEAN BUY SELL panded by Sh29 billion from (pictured). Co-op Bank secured 392.00 276.00 Jubilee Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 360.00 359.75 1,400 a long-term financing facility 2.80 2.28 Kenya Re Insurance Corporation Ltd Ord 2.50 2.46 2.48 135,300 US DOLLAR 109.4176 109.3176 109.5176 Sh272.2 billion to Sh301.2 bil- 10.30 6.60 Liberty Kenya Holdings Ltd Ord. 1.00 8.42 9.24 3,600 lion as the firm continued to from the IFC (International Fi- 11.70 9.00 Sanlom Kenya Plc Ord 5.00 11.30 11.10 500 SW KRONER 12.4999 12.4863 12.5134 nance Corporation) amounting INVESTMENT STG POUND 150.9315 150.7788 151.0841 fund projects and services 18.00 14.05 Centum Investment Co Plc Ord 0.50 15.55 15.50 137,900 countrywide. to Sh8.25 billion for on-lending 0.45 0.37 Home Afrika Ltd Ord 1.00 0.41 0.38 18,100 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 80.4305 80.3511 80.5099 Investment in government to small traders at affordable 1500.00 1,500.00 Kurwitu Ventures Ltd Ord 100.00 1,500.00 SAUDI RIYAL 29.1742 29.1467 29.2016 terms. 2.24 1.63 Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 220 2.00 2,600 securities nearly doubled hav- 1.66 1.08 Trans-Century Plc Ord 0.50 1.29 1.33 9,500 SA RAND 7.3684 7.3592 7.3777 ing grown by 49 per cent to INVESTMENT SERVICES Subsidiaries 9.74 8.00 Nairobi Securities Exchange Plc Ord 4.00 9.12 9.10 15,300 S FRANC 119.6476 119.4728 119.8224 Sh182 billion compared to Subsidiaries posted im- MANUFACTURING & ALLIED NOR KRONER 12.2949 12.2816 12.3083 Sh122.4 billion in 2020. 75.00 61.25 B.O.C Kenya Plc Ord 5.00 64.50 67.75 3,500 proved results with Co-op Con- KES / USHS 32.3521 32.2640 32.4401 Gideon Muriuki group man- 485.00 429.00 British American Tobacco Kenya Plc Ord 10.00 46L00 457.00 700 sultancy and Insurance Agency 12.90 10.00 Carbacid Investments Plc Ord 1.00 11.75 12.45 11,200 KES / TSHS 21.1941 21.1290 21.2591 aging director and chief ex- 194.00 168.75 East African Breweries Ltd Ord 2.00 180.00 180.00 718,600 posting Sh433.8 million pre-tax ecutive notes that the group 1.45 1.19 Flame Tree Group Holdings Ltd Ord 0.825000 1.35 1.35 1,100 KES / RWF 9.2136 9.1880 9.2391 profit on a strong bancassur- 14.00 10.40 Kenya Orchards Ltd Ord 5.00 10.40 banked on a strategy leverag- 0.70 0.25 Mumias Sugar Co. Ltd Ord 2.00 0.27 KES / BIF 18.1302 17.9651 18.2953 ance business. ing an enterprise risk manage- 31.80 26.10 Unga Group Ltd Ord 5.00 30.00 29.05 200 JPY (100) 99.8109 99.7060 99.9157 Kingdom Bank Limited ment framework to foster un- contributed a profit before TELECOMMUNICATION IND RUPEE 1.4725 1.4711 1.4739 interrupted access to banking 45.25 37.80 Searicom Plc Ord 0.05 44.20 44.90 4.263.100 tax of Sh275 Million compared HONGKONG DOLLAR 14.0466 14.0338 14.0595 services. to 2020 full year loss of Sh124 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST EURO 128.7450 128.6129 128.8771 7.34 5.90 ILAM FAHARI I-REIT Ord.20.00 7.00 6.98 13,800 Focus on resilience million. DAN KRONER 17.2385 17.2213 17.2556 “We shall, riding on the Co-op Bank holds a control- EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS CHINESE YUAN 16.8805 16.8643 16.8967 2100.00 1235.00 ABSA New Gold ETF 1871 1890.00 unique synergies in the over 15 ling 90 per cent equity interest CAN $ 86.7568 86.6637 86.8498 million-member co-operative in Kingdom Bank. AUSTRALIAN $ 79.5084 79.4083 79.6084 However, Co-op Bank of NSE ALL SHARE INDEX: DOWN 1.53 points to close at 185.93 movement that is the largest NSE 20-SHARE INDEX: UP 4.50 points to close at 2000.76 AE DIRHAM 29.7885 29.7584 29.8186 in Africa, continue to pursue South Sudan unique joint ven- NSE 25-SHARE INDEX: DOWN 6.95 points to close at 4068.32 strategic initiatives that focus ture (JV) partnership with Gov- on resilience and growth in the ernment of South Sudan posted various sectors as the econo- Sh290 million monetary loss in my continues to recover,” said the second quarter of 2021 on (OHFWULFLW\VKRFNV.HQ\DQHFRQRP\KDUGHVW hyperinflation accounting due Gideon Muriuki group manag- by John Otini had worsened,” says the For- dents who indicated that it nance costs especially due to ing director and chief executive. to currency devaluation of the South Sudanese pound. @PeopleDailyKe eign Investment 2020 report takes a long time to get power rural electrification despite “Total operating income released by KNBS last week connection was 36.7 per cent. low power consumption in grew by 20 per cent from Sh24.2 Increasing cost of electrici- shows. the rural areas. The report billion to Sh29.2 billion,” said INVESTMENTS ty is the single source of worry Kenya has the third most Kenya Power says other factors which the CEO. In total, the group re- for foreign and local investors expensive domestic electric- Kenya Power has been were surveyed include water, ported Sh10.5 billion pre-tax Co-op Trust Investment reflecting the impact of the ity prices in in Africa accord- struggling with management access to business license, profit in what was a 10 per cent Services contributed Sh47.9 energy sector on the entire ing to the globalpetroleum- issues that saw it lose money property transfer, ease of growth compared to Sh9.6 bil- m pretax profit as funds economy, says a government prices.com. to corruption and theft. The business registration, cost of lion recorded in the second under management stood survey. The proportion of respon- company has a lot of debt credit and transport infra- quarter of 2020. at Sh179.4b compared to The survey shows that it with high inefficiencies structure. “In contrast, 38.1 The firm’s financials shows Sh120.3b same period 2020. takes too long for investors to caused by 25 percent power per cent and 37.7 per cent of that the total operating ex- losses on the transmission Co-op Bank rolled out a get their premises connected the respondents indicated penses grew by 28 per cent from lines. pension-backed mortgage to electricity compared to that it takes a short time to get Sh14.6 billion to Sh18.7 billion other government services 

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Ngugi recently resigned from with the tax authority, respec- prudential growth in loan-loss Kenya Power in this process. the company amidst claims tively,” says KNBS. For the provisions. accumulated pension benefits for the purpose of acquiring a “More than 50 per cent of of dubious award of tenders. rest of the factors, majority of Loan loss provisions in- VUJMJUJFT
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residential property for own the respondents indicated The utility firm is also respondents indicated mod- creased to Sh4.2 billion in the occupation. that the cost of electricity shouldering high mainte- erate time in acquiring them. second quarter of year 2021, DSFEJU
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