Neglected areas set for mobile network boost

Residents of Oloodo village in Narok West making calls near the newly-constructed Safaricom booster in the area. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard]

The Government has stepped up efforts to improve mobile network coverage in the remote parts of the country.

The Universal Service Fund (USF) said it had started rolling out plans to spend Sh1.2 billion allocated this financial year to improve network coverage in parts of eastern, northeastern and Rift Valley regions, where mobile network is not available. The areas also suffer from poor infrastructure, insecurity and under-developed.