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SportPesa terminates all local sports sponsorship with immediate effect

SportPesa CEO Ronald Karauri. [Photo: Courtesy]

Betting firm SportPesa has cancelled all local sports sponsorship immediately in response to imposition of 35 per cent tax on all gambling revenues.

The lottery's CEO, Ronald Karauri however, clarified that the cancellation of the sponsorships didn't  mean they were closing their operations in Kenya.

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