Completed Privatisations

RECEVER

COMPANY YEAR METHOD OF PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC SHARE BEFORE (%) PUBLIC SHARE AFTER (%) SECTOR
1. Kenya Electricity Generating Company 2006 IPO 100 70 Energy
2. Telkom Kenya 2007 Strategic Sale 100 49 Telecommunication
3. Kenya Railways Corporation 2006 Concessioning 100 100 Transport
4. Mumias Sugar Company  2nd Offer 2006  IPO 38.4 20 Manufacturing
5. Safaricom 2008 IPO 60 35 Telecommunication
6. Kenya Reinsurance Corporation 2007 IPO 100 60 Insurance
B. RECEIVERSHIPS
COMPANY YEAR PUBLIC SHARE BEFORE (%) PUBLIC SHARE AFTER (%) SECTOR BUYER PROCEED (Kshs)
1. Nairobi Oil Products Ltd 1992 29 0 Oil Recycling Various Individuals 8,750,000
2. Tiger Shoes Ltd 1993 16.7 0 Leather Lento Agencies Ltd 9,000,000
3. Yuken Textiles Ltd 1993 100 0 Textile Yuken Mills Ltd 14,000,000
4. Sirikwa Hotel Ltd 1993 21 0 Tourism Akamba Invest. Ltd 70,000,000
5. Kenya Drilling Co. ltd 1993 100 0 Services Kentco  Taxis Ltd 21,700,000
6. Kisumu Cotton Mills Ltd 1993 80 0 Textiles Caneland Ltd 174,961,000
7. Seracoating Kenya Ltd 1994 34 0 Plastic  Local shareholders 82,000,000
8. Pan Vegetable Processors Ltd 1993 100 0 Agri-Processing Homegrown (K) Ltd 95,000,000
9. Kenya Taitex Mills Ltd 1995 81 0 Textiles Kifaru Mills Ltd 81,000,000
10. Kenya Furfural  Co. Ltd 1995 51 0 Chemic al Various Shareholders 55,800,000
11. Kenya Engineering Industries Ltd 1995 50 0 Engineering Ashut Engineers Ltd 52,505,555
12. Synthetic Fibres Kenya Ltd 1995 100 0 Textile Sunrise Textile Mills Ltd 50,000,000
13. East African Fine Spinners Ltd 1995 74 0 Textile Bedi Invest. Ltd 282,000,000
14. Kenatco Taxis Ltd 1996 100 0 Transport -  

*This figure will increase by the value of Inventories.

C. PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHTS

COMPANY YEAR PUBLIC SHARE BEFORE (%) PUBLIC SHARE AFTER (%) SECTOR BUYER PROCEED (Kshs)
1. Tea Hotel Kericho* 1991 60 0 Hotel & Tourism Sololo Invest. Ltd 15,000,000
2. Highland Paper Mills Ltd 1992 17 0 Pulp & Paper Shareholders 875,000
3. Y-Fashions 1992 75 0 Textiles Shareholders 4,000,000
4. Panafric Hotel Ltd 1993 31 0 Hotel & Tourism Sarova Hotels ltd 63,855,000
5. Robinson Baobab Hotel 1993 10 0 Hotel & Tourism Robinson Hotels Intl 50,234,274
6. Avon Marketing Ltd 1993 18 0 Services Existing Shareholders 8,078,400
7. Avon Rubber Co. ltd 1993 20 0 Rubber Existing Shareholders 11,949,470
8. Avon Export Ltd 1993 14 0 Services Existing Shareholders 55,000
9. Nestle Foods (K) Ltd 1993 13 0 Food & Beverages Nestle S. A of Switzerland 18,347,750
10. Pollmans Tours & Safaris Ltd 1993 49 0 Tourism Touristik Union Intl. 25,024,895
11. Salt Manufacturers Kenya Ltd 1993 56 0 Chemical Saltec International 43,922,724
12. Kenchick 1993 12 0 Poultry NAS Airport Services, Credit Finance Corp 4,600,000
13. Firestone (EA) Ltd 1994 20 0 Rubber Sameer Invest. Ltd 100,000,000
14. Chloride Exide (K) Ltd 1994 18 0 Services NAS Holdings Ltd 5,154,125
15. Associated Battery Manuf. Ltd 1994 20 0 Automobile NAS Holdings Ltd 28,141,200
16. Kenya Fishnet Industries Ltd 1994 43 0 Textile Afro Meat Co. Ltd 2,418,750
17. CPC Industrial Products Ltd 1994 18 0 Agri-Processing CPC International 29,523,530
18 Kenya Cashewnuts Ltd 1994 76 0 Agri-Processing Kilifi District 78,023,446
19. African Marine and General Engineering Co. Ltd 1994 33 0 Engineering First Chartered Securities Ltd 30,712,500
20. Sanyo Armco Ltd 1995 34 0 Electronics i)Former Employees ii)Sanyo Electric company of Japan 2,251,080
21 Booth Manufacturing (A) Ltd 1995 29 0 Engineering Kenya Aluminum Industries Ltd 9,993,060
22 Wire Products Ltd 1995 30 0 Engineering Industrial Promotion 8,336,250
            Services  
23. Carnaud Metal Box Ltd 1995 19 0 Packaging C.M.B of UK 39,188,000
24. Kenya Bixa Ltd 1995 51 0 Food & Beverage Kenya Plantations  and Products 35,598,000
25. Sokoro Fireboard Ltd 1995 26 0 Timber Other shareholders 22,007,700
26. Embu Hotel Limited 1995 29 0 Tourism Other shareholders 3,117,690
27. Kenya Bowling Centres 1995 26 0 Entertainment Other shareholders 3,220,000
28 Lion Hill Camp 1995 30 0 Hotel & Tourism Sarova Hotels Ltd 14,500,000
29 Kenya Fruit Processors Ltd 1995 35 0 Agri-processing Passi Limited 8,545,000
30 NAS Airport Services Ltd 1995 27 0 Services Other shareholders 62,920,000
31. Elson Plastics 1995 17 0 Plastic Other shareholders  
32. Associated Vehicle Assemblers 1996 51 0 Vehicle Assembly Kenya Motor Handling Co. Ltd & Marshalls (EA) Ltd 154,336,000*
33. Wananchi Sawmills Ltd 1996 45 0 Saw Milling Other shareholders 15,444,707
34. Brollo Kenya Limited 1996 10 0 Steel Rolling Zambezi Establishment 35,666,631
35. Kenya shipping Agency Limited 1996 80 0 Transport Southern Credit Finance Limited 38,416,000
36. Kenya Industrial Plastic Ltd 1996 33.3 0 Plastic Carmel Chemicals 4,224,438*
37. Raymond Woolen Mills 1996 11 0 Textile Other shareholders 94,023,438
38. Kenya National Properties 1997 34.1 0 Real Estate ICDC Investment Co. 124,850,000
39. Polysynthetic E.A 1997 30 0 Chemical Hoechst E.A 50,289,030
40. Dawa Pharmaceuticals 1997 40 0 Pharmaceuticals Other shareholders 4,988,282
41. General Motors 1997 51 20 Motor Vehicle Other shareholders 333,492,750
42. Minet –ICDC Insurance Brokers Ltd 1997 47 26 Insurance Other shareholders 21,275,880
43. East African Industries (EAI) 1997 29 20   Other shareholders 200,214,974.85
44. Eveready Batteries Kenya Ltd 1997 24.87 20.87 Battery Other shareholders 23,041,200
45. Milimani Hotel Limited 1997 49.12 0 Hotel Industry Other shareholders 80,010,000
46. Warehousing & Forwarding Company 1997 25 0 Clearing & Forwarding Other shareholders 2,437,360
47. Kenya National Shipping Lines Ltd 1997 70 45.12 Shipping Mediterranean Shipping Company -
48. Infusion Kenya Limited 1997 13 0 Pharmaceutical Ever Investment Co. 8,000,000
49. Stanbic Kenya Limited 1997 40 23 Banking Sinclair (SBIC) Share dilution
50. Maralal Lodge 1997     Tourism Other Shareholders -
51. Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers Ltd 1997 35 0 Automobile Other Shareholders 57,750,000
52. Kisii Bottlers Limited 1997 26.1 Bottling   Other shareholders 23,848,470

*Price still under negotiation (this is the offer price)

**Pre-programme transactions

D. PUBLIC FLOATATIONS

COMPANY YEAR PUBLIC SHARE BEFORE (%) PUBLIC SHARE AFTER (%) SECTOR BUYER PROCEED (Kshs)
1. Bamburi Portland Cement Co. Ltd.** 1991 26   Mining NSSF -
2. E.A. Oxygen Ltd 1993 15 0 Chemical Various Investors 42,472,080
3. CMC Holdings 1993 20 0 Services/Vehicle Assembly Various Investors 20,074,810
4. National Bank of Kenya 1994 (1st Issue – 100) 42.5 Banking Individuals & Other Investors 400,000,000
5. Kenya National Capital Corporation 1996 2nd Issue 0 42.5) 22.5 Banking Individuals & other investors 600,000,000
6. Kenya Airways 1996 100 (GOK) 20 Transport Individuals & other investors 2,643,750,000 + US$ 26 million
7. Kenya Airfreight Handling Co. Ltd#
8. Kenya Flamingo Airways Ltd#

** Pre-programme Transactions

# Kenya Airways Subsidiaries

E. COMPETITIVE BIDDING

COMPANY YEAR PUBLIC SHARE BEFORE (%) PUBLIC SHARE AFTER (%) SECTOR BUYER PROCEED (Kshs)
1 ESA Bookshop 1993 49 0 Services Mr. N. M. Rajani 75,000
2 Mutuality Investment Trust (Golden Beach Hotel) 1993 100 0 Hotel & Tourism - -
3 African Diatomite Industries Ltd 1993 100 0 Mining Crown Berger Kenya Ltd 45,000,000
4 Mepal Plastics Kenya Ltd 1994 100 0 Plastics Minolta Limited 17,000,000
5   1994 100 0 Agro-Processing Premier Flour Mills Ltd 150,000,000
6 Hola Cotton Ginnery 1995 100 0 Textile Malindi Cotton Ginneries Ltd 10,000,000
7 Salawa Cotton  Ginnery 1995 100 0 Textile Kerio Farms Ltd. 10,000,000
8 Mwea Cotton Ginnery 1995 100 0 Textile Rift Valley Products Ltd. 15,000,000
9 Homa Bay Hotel Ltd 1995 99 0 Hotel & Tourism Samvir Management Services Ltd 22,000,000
10 Golf Hotel 1995 80 0 Hotel & Tourism Buvika Corporation Ltd 70,000,000
11 Meru Ginnery Ltd 1995 49 0 Textile Mugongai Farmers Co. Ltd 30,000,000
12 Kenya Flourspar Co. Ltd 1996 50 0 Mining M/s Minerals & Chemicals Manufacturer Ltd. (in Formation) 72,500,000
13 Sunset Hotel Ltd 1996 95 0 Hotel & Tourism Travel Handling Services Ltd 115,000,000
14 Kibos Cotton Ginnery 1996   0 Cotton Ginning Salome Farmers Group 8,000,000

F. MANAGEMENT/EMPLOYEE BUYOUT

COMPANY YEAR PUBLIC SHARE BEFORE (%) PUBLIC SHARE AFTER (%) SECTOR BUYER PROCEED (Kshs)
1. Ark Limited 1996     Tourism Utalii Staff Investment Co. Ltd 8,500,000

Price being negotiated

B. PARTIAL DIVESTITUTES

COMPANY YEAR Method of Privatization PUBLIC SHARE AFTER (%) PUBLIC SHARE  AFTER (%) SECTOR BUYER PROCEED (Kshs)
1. Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd** Kencom House Ltd#Kenya Commercial Finance Corporation#United Finance Company of Kenya#Notcutt Longaroni#Savings and Loan Kenya Ltd#Investment Promotion Services# 1998/90/97/98 1998(GOK)   Public Floatation 100 35 Banking Individual & other investors 447,000,000+595,000,000+1,820,000,000
2. Mt. Kenya Textile Mills 1992 Receivership 100 48.5 Textile DFCK & DEG Share dilution
3. Uchumi Supermarkets Ltd. 1992(ICDC) Public Floatation 90 44 Retail Trading Individuals & other investors 232,000,000
4. General Motors (K) Ltd 1992 (IDB) Pre-emptive rights 51 46.5 Vehicle assembly ITOH & ICDC Investment Share dilution
5. Housing Finance Company  of Kenya 1992 (GOK) Public Floatation 50 30 Housing Finance Individual & Other investors 126,000,000

** Pre-programme transaction

# Subsidiaries and Associated Companies

TEA FACTORIES

Divestiture of 39 Tea Factories owned by KTDA has been completed in addition to the enterprises listed above.

KEY

KTDC               –           Kenya Tourist Development Corporation

ICDC               –           Industrial Commercial Development Corporation

IDB                  –           Industrial Development Bank

KTDA               –           Kenya Tea Development Authority

GOK               –           Government of Kenya

CBK                 –           Cotton Board of Kenya

KNTC               –           Kenya National Trading Corporation

NCPB              –           National Cereals & Produce Board

KCB                 –           Kenya Commercial Bank