[kictanet] Safaricom's low dividend payments

[Sam Gatere]

Intersting thoughts... But keep in mind that not all shareholders are
safaricom subscribers :)


SammyG



On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Akich Kwach
<kwach at archway-productions.com>wrote:

> Michael,
>
> That is a very smart thinking. To add to the cost of withdrawal, people
> living upcountry sometimes spend on transport to access M-Pesa services.
> Maybe Safaricom could create an SMS system where shareholders could choose
> whether they want to be paid in cash OR equivalent in form of airtime.
>
> Akich Kwach
>
>
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> Subject: [kictanet] Safaricom's low dividend payments
>
>
>  Hi all:
>>
>> just wondering: would it make more sense for safaricom to just 'sambaza'
>> airtime amounts equivalent to the dividend payments for those with less than
>> say 2,000 shares (which translates to a dividend of khss 200), as i believe
>> this would save them (shareholders) from having to incur the MPESA
>> transaction fees of Kshs 30?
>>
>> what do others think?
>>
>> thanks.
>>
>> Michael Ouma
>> Journalist
>> Nairobi, Kenya
>> Tel: +254-725-537823 / +254-0731-201729
>> Email: benomnta at yahoo.com
>>
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>> than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction," - JF Kennedy.
>>
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