Many thanks Victor,


I think it's time for us to seriously consider manufacturing most of this devices locally. I hope the incoming government will consider this otherwise such moves will only widen the gap between the haves and the have not.

Regards

On Sat, 16 Jul 2022, 8:32 am Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet, <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

"Effective 15th July 2022 we will be reviewing our SIM card pricing to Sh50 plus Sh50 airtime first top up to include the excise tax,” said Safaricom. “Phone prices will be adjusted to include the 10 percent excise tax and 25 percent import duty as existing stock levels are replaced with new stock on which the new taxes apply.”

Read more - https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/markets/commodities/mobile-phones-sim-card-prices-up-starting-friday-on-taxes-3880104


Victor Kapiyo
Partner | Lawmark Partners LLP
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