CBK faces protest over free money transfers

A mobile subscriber withdraws from an Mpesa shop in Nyeri. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Telecommunication companies and banks have protested the Central Bank of Kenya’s move to extend the free mobile money transaction fees without consulting them.

The firms said that CBK should have sought their opinion before unilaterally extending various relief measures on mobile phone payments by a further six months, which will see banks and telcos like Safaricom #ticker:SCOM lose billions of shillings.

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