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Accurate NSE data

Yesterday, I flipped through all the business news stories, and noted stock market rather flat/ with little trade activity But the 9 PM Nation news had Great News for Nation Media Group and Equity Bank whose shares jumped by 20 shillings to 356 and 15 shillings to 276 respectively. Funnily that had not caught my eye, on my phone updates, the Rich newsletter or even the KTN news. The Nation news ticker did not have the NMG share price, but it had Equity down by 1 to 259 shillings – and watching business news on Citizen TV later had Nation down by 17 shillings to 333 as did the CNBC Africa stock ticker.

It seems that since the NSE stopped updating their site on May 7, there seems to be a wide interpretation of how the days trading went. NSE Update: they now have yesterday’s prices list, and will probably follow with the company announcements made over the last two weeks

Stockbroker director info
In dealing with rogue stockbrokers, investors should be vigilant, read their statements from stockbrokers and the CDS, read newspapers, especial the Business Daily, browse stockskenya and other online forums – and visit and observe their banks and brokers.

There are warning signs given out which some heed. There are people who got out of pyramid schemes early and there are customers of Nyaga stockbrokers who observed the shady deals n their statement, complained and had their accounts "restored”. Some stayed on believing these errors, while others walked away before the fall, moving their share accounts intact.

A follow up to the where to buy shares series and following in the footsteps of great posts by Emerging Africa and Riba Capital. Many investors only came to know the director(s) of Nyaga Stockbrokers after the fall, so get to know the directors of the others before you invest

information from stockbroker websites, and Google caches

1. Afrika Investment Bank: Directors: Kibuga Kariithi, George Maina, Ken Wathome, Linus Gitahi.

2. Apex Africa: (no info online)

3. Bob Mathews: (no info online)

4. CFCFS wholly owned subsidiary of CFC and CFCFS Board of Directors comprises of Charles Njonjo - Chairman, Andrew Douglas Gregory, Sunil Sanger – MD, J.G Kiereini, Uday Jani, M. Soundararajan

5. Crossfield: Chairman-Nilesh J. Kotedia, J.T Swaley, Kumar Krishna (MD), Herbert Joseph Gore (GM)

6. Discount Securities (no info at site, but cache yields bios of directors– but which could be outdated; Chairman- William Murungu, Allan Simu, Executive Director- David Githaiga….)

7. Drummond Investment Bank (no information of directors at site, but Google cache yields bios of staff and their contacts – but which could be outdated: Ndungíu Gathinji (Chairman)….._)

8. Dyer & Blair : Has bios of key staff online: Jimnah Mbaru- Chairman, Mohammed Hassan- Joint Managing Director and Co-Chief Executive ……..)

9. Faida Investment Bank: Bob Karina (MD).

10. Kestrel Capital: Charles Field-Marsham, Founder and Director, Andre DeSimone, Executive Director.

11. Ngenye Kariuki is wholly owned by the Ngenye Kariuki family. (no info at site, but cache yields bios of staff and their contacts – but which could be outdated).

12. Reliable Securities (none), but Mr. Josephat Konzolo is the managing director.

13. Renaissance Capital: no info online but media reports have chief executive - Maina Mwangi, Terry Davidson, Mutahi Kagwe as directors

14. Solid Investments: Was previously 75% owned by Kithinji Kiragu. Other shareholders include the estates of former shareholders Mr. Cyrus Ita, a former Siakago MP and Mr. Dominic Kavuu, a former senior manager at Standard Chartered Bank (K). It will be renamed NIC Capital Securities after NIC acquired 58% for 157 million shillings in 2007.

15. Standard Investment Bank: (no info online) Media reports that Mr. Amish Gupta will be in charge after leaving Renaissance early this year.

16. Sterling Investments: Stanley Ngaine (Chairman), John E. Kirimi, Ahmed S. Ndope, David Ithanya.

17. Suntra: James H R Murigu (MD), Nguru Wachira (Chairman), George Ongaya-Okoth, David Kinyua Waweru, Mr. Fred Ngatia.