Nairobi, Aug. 2 -- Local individual investors bought additional 9.72 million shares of KCB Group with a current market value of Sh836.3 million in the three months to June 2026, lifting their stake in the company to 24.73 percent.

Disclosures by the Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firm show that local retail investors grew their holdings to 794.8 million shares at the end of June, up from 785.1 million shares at the end of March.

The shares were bought from local institutions and foreign investors who traded part of their holdings to take profits as the bank's share price rallied.

Local institutions cut their ownership by 5.87 million shares to 1.501 billion shares, resulting in their stake falling to 46.74 percent from 46.93 percen...