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The TechCo will deploy multiple Connectivity on Wheels (COWs), to strengthen network coverage and boost internet capacity across rally zones. The company will also optimize its 5G network in key locations to support high-speed data demands, including global livestreaming and digital content distribution.
Safaricom’s M‑PESA is investing Ksh 10 million in the HSBC SVNS2 Rugby Sevens in Nairobi, funding connectivity, media support and fan discounts while deepening backing for Kenya’s national sevens teams.
The service is designed to remove traditional barriers that have long kept many Kenyans on the sidelines of the stock market, opening up opportunities for broader citizen participation and ownership.
The public hearings will be held in major towns and county headquarters across the country. The first sessions will take place on 3rd February in Nairobi, Mandera, Machakos, and Nyandarua. On 4th February, hearings will move to Nakuru, Wajir, Kitui, and Nyeri.
The upcoming service will provide Wi-Fi access on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis, similar to the model that has long driven mobile data usage in Kenya.
CBK Governor Kamau Thugge told the National Assembly’s joint committee on Finance and National Planning and Public Debt and Privatisation that the sale of a 15 percent government stake to South Africa’s Vodacom Group is unlikely to affect M-Pesa, the mobile money service holding more than Sh250 billion in customer funds.
In the memorandum addressed to the Clerk of the National Assembly, Nyoro said the sale “should be subjected to thorough public participation and debate, given that it is the largest in both size and quantum that our country has handled since independence.”
Taalam testified before Milimani trial magistrate Caroline Nyaguthi that during his arrest over the death of Albert Ojwang, his mobile phone, which held both personal and official lines, was taken by officers from the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA).
The union has warned that the proposed divestiture could threaten job security and union representation, urging lawmakers to approve the deal only with binding safeguards, including mandatory union recognition and stronger labour protections.
Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa told MPs that Treasury would need to explain how the final figure was reached, adding that his understanding was that the valuation relied on Safaricom’s average trading price over the past six months, which he said best reflects the value of a listed company.
The society further said that the proposed transaction would result in majority foreign ownership of Safaricom, potentially exposing Kenya’s data infrastructure, mobile money systems and financial security to external influence.
KASIB proposed adjustments to the transaction structure to increase public participation and deepen market activity, recommending that the government increase the divestiture to 20 percent, with an additional five percent offered to the Kenyan public through the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).