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State to spend Sh1.5b to bridge mobile, internet access gaps

The Government is going to spend Sh1.5 billion this year in connecting parts of the country starved of mobile and broadband access.

This follows findings that more than 2.5 million Kenyans have no access to voice services and 55 per cent of the country’s land mass is yet to be covered by 2G mobile signals.

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