Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- My mother is an avid bourse investor and ensured that she infected her offspring with the same bug. She became interested in the stock exchange after receiving advice from one of her former bosses in the bank where she worked until retirement.
The gentleman held all his investments in liquid assets primarily consisting of equities, making it completely easy for his family to liquidate upon his untimely death.
Each time a counter in which she is invested holds an AGM where a dividend is approved by shareholders, she marks her calendar so that she can go to the post office to pick up the dividend cheque shortly thereafter.
She keeps track of all the AGMs and dividend announcements for the counters in which she is inves...