Safaricom increases cost of phone calls, data and messages tonight

Safaricom Chief Executive Bob Collimore [File, Standard]

Safaricom is planning to increase the cost for voice calls and data by 30 cents and SMS by 10 cents as from midnight, the 18th October 2018.

This is as a result of the increased taxes passed in the Finance Act 2018, particularly the Excise Duty tax applicable on Voice, SMS and Data services was increased from 10% to 15%. This is in addition to the prevailing Value Added Tax applicable to mobile services at the rate of 16%.