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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%.
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