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Why you may soon pay more for calls and data bundles

Following backlash over rising fuel prices affecting cost of living among Kenyans, President Uhuru Kenyatta has proposed an increase in tax on telephone calls, data and mobile money transfer as he seeks to fill the budget deficit. 

The cost of bundles and telephone calls is likely to go up with the tax on calls and data set to increase from 10 to 15 percent.

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