Mutemi I'm trying to understand your conspiracy theory here but I'm left blank! 😅 Why would Safaricom (and the government) want to force us back to the cash economy? As we are oft to say in Kenya - *Hio imeenda! 😀 * Curious, however, to hear your thoughts on why. Regards *Ali Hussein* Fintech | Digital Transformation Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim LinkedIn: Ali's Profile <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 2:57 PM Mutemi wa Kiama via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Could it be deliberate to force us back to the cash economy?
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On Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 14:16 Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Safaricom PLC and other mobile money operators have reviewed their charges after the enactment of the Finance Act 2023. M-PESA mobile transfer charges have gone up from 12% to 15%.
At the same time, the excise duty rate for call, SMS, and Internet has gone down from 20% to 15%.
Is Financial inclusion in danger? Will users go back to the cash economy? As we fiddle with taxation in the digital space, is there cost-benefit analysis advising these decisions?
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