I believe the tax is on the airtime purchase and so whatever you spend it on is irrelevant to the tax guy. On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Paul Korir via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

I think the report is trying to say:

“…if Kenyans were to pay for being online they would be spending 45% of their earning…”

not:

“…on average, Kenyans spend 45% of their income on getting online…”.

Furthermore, the same article cites that “...60% of Kenyans use the Internet regularly”. I find these stats very hard to believe. A lot more detail is needed to demonstrate this to be the case.

Paul Korir, PhD +353 86 224 1966 +254 72 400 4767 *Ordnung muß sein*

On 4 Jun 2015, at 11:00, kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote:

Re: [kictanet] Do our youth choose Internet over food?

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