Treasury to sell Safaricom stake in Sh149bn plan

 Safaricom PLC headquarters in Westlands, Nairobi.

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The government plans to sell a mega stake in telecoms operator Safaricom before June next year in efforts to raise the bulk of Sh149 billion expected from the privatisation of State enterprises.

Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi reckons Safaricom is the only big-ticket firm that could help the State meet its target of raising billions of shillings in a fiscal year when it avoided new taxes in the Finance Bill.

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