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Airtel and Telkom merger still on hold over shareholding queries

Telkom Kenya CEO, Mugo Kibati(left) and Airtel Kenya CEO, Prasanta Das Sarma when they appeared before the Senate ICT Committee at Red Cross Building, Nairobi on 22/10/19 on the status of their merger. [Boniface Okendo,Standard]

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) says it has not approved the merger between mobile service providers Airtel and Telkom Kenya, and was still investigating the sale of the latter's shares to France Telkom.

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