MPs demand fresh Vodacom deal on Safaricom dividends

A Vodacom shop in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

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MPs have ordered the Treasury to negotiate a fresh agreement with Vodacom Group over the sale of Safaricom to include Kenya’s entitlement to dividends based on ownership before the conclusion of the deal.

The National Assembly committees on National Planning and Finance and Public Debt & Privatisation reckon that Safaricom’s share sale agreement with Vodafone is silent on the Treasury receiving dividends from a 35 percent shareholding.

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