Small local traders sell 8pc stake in Safaricom

Safaricom headquarters in Westlands, Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Local individuals are being squeezed out of the ownership of Safaricom #ticker:SCOM by foreign investors and local companies, reversing the government’s objective of boosting Kenyan retail investors’ stake in the country’s most profitable firm.

August regulatory filings show that domestic investors, including citizens of East African countries, now hold 1.5 billion units of the telco’s stock equivalent to a 3.8 percent stake.

PAYE Tax Calculator

Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.