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Court bars banks and telcos from charging mobile fees

Equity Bank Branch ATM Services along Kimathi Street. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The High Court in Nairobi has barred banks and mobile service providers from effecting money transfer charges.

Justice Mugure Thande ordered that lenders and telcos should wait until January 23 when a case filed by Moses Wafula will be heard.

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