Communications Authority of Kenya calls out Telkom Kenya for declaring over 2m ‘ghost' subscribers

From left-Telkom Kenya chief technical and communication officer John Barorot, chief executive officer Aldo Mareuse and head of mobile business division Amer Atwi during a media briefing at their offices in Nairobi on June 14, 2016.

Telkom Kenya is on the spot for exaggerating its subscriber base by nearly double, according to an audit by the industry regulator.

Communications Authority of Kenya said Thursday the telco had a subscriber base of 2.9 million customers for the quarter to September 2016 against the firm’s claim that it had 5.2 million customers as at June.