Court blocks Treasury’s Sh2 billion licence fee on Airtel

Residents of Kisumu at an Airtel shop in Kisumu. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Kenya’s second-largest mobile service provider Airtel Kenya has won a landmark case against the Government, saving the Indian-based telco more than Sh2 billion in hefty licence fees.

This follows a decision by the High Court to quash a demand for licence fees by the National Treasury through the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) following the 2014 exit of Eassar’s yuMobile from the Kenyan market.