Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage

Safaricom headquarters on Nairobi’s Waiyaki Way. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA

Telecoms operator Safaricom #ticker:SCOM on Monday came under intense regulatory pressure after its network was hit by an outage that left millions of customers in a communication blackout estimated to have cost the economy billions of shillings.

The network outage began at about 9.40 a.m. and persisted till 4.30 p.m. and the cause was yet to be made public by close of the day.

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