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CBK says Safaricom, M-Pesa split still on amid tax standoff

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CBK Governor Kamau Thugge. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Plans to split Kenya's biggest telco are still ongoing, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has maintained.

CBK Governor Kamau Thugge said at a post-Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) briefing Wednesday that a road map for the split of the telcos' business units is still on, although there is a pending tax matter.

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