Posta to raise mailbox charges by up to 12.4pc over rising costs

A Posta customer retrieves mail from the letter box in Ogongo, Homa Bay. 

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The Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) plans to increase private letter box and bag rental fees by up to 12.4 percent, citing rising operating costs.

A disclosure by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) shows that PCK targets to revise the individual letter box annual rental fees by 10 percent to Sh2,200 from the current Sh2,000. The State agency, also known as Posta, wants to raise corporate box rates by 5.8 percent to Sh10,000 from the current Sh9,450.

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