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Kenya’s Revised Telecommunications Licensing Framework

Kenya’s Revised Telecommunications Licensing Framework

What the new Network Facilities Provider structure means for infrastructure providers In brief In April 2026 the Communications Authority of Kenya put a revised market structure in place for the telecommunications sector. It runs under the Unified Licensing Framework, is backed by a fee schedule published in June and a set of transitional provisions, and

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High Court Grants Tax Reprieve to Issuing Banks on Interchange Fees

High Court Grants Tax Reprieve to Issuing Banks on Interchange Fees

  On 17 February 2023, the High Court at Nairobi allowed Civil Appeal No. E127 of 2020: Commissioner of Domestic Taxes versus Bank of Africa Limited upholding the finding of the Tax Appeals Tribunal that VAT is not payable on interchange fees received by issuing banks — a significant development for our banking & finance clients (i.e., banks

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