Dealers face fines for phones with battery life of less than a day

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Seized counterfeit mobile phone batteries during a past Anti-Counterfeit Agency raid. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Dealers in mobile phones with poor battery performance face jail terms and substantial fines under proposed laws aimed at eliminating sub-standard products from the market.

Draft regulations published Wednesday by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) provide for a three-year jail term or a Sh300,000 fine or both for anyone found importing or selling a mobile phone with a battery life of less than eight talk hours.

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