Telecommunications company Airtel Kenya on Monday introduced new charges in regards to the increased mobile tax following the implementation of the Finance Bill.
The new charges are set to take effect from midnight, where data and call tariffs will go up by 30 cents while SMS tariffs will increase by 10 cents.
Airtel Managing Director Prasanta Das Sarma, however, indicated that certain components of data will not be affected by the change.
"In view of the recent increase in excise duty, other taxes and rising input costs, we are constrained to increase our headline voice and data tariffs by 30 cents each and our SMS tariff by 10 cents effective from midnight tonight.
"Despite this increase, our tariffs remain the most competitively priced.
"We have also ensured that the prices of all voice and data bundles including Unliminet, Tubonge and Amazing Data bundles remain unchanged," stated Sarma.
He further highlighted that money tariffs will remain the same as they will continue delivering quality services to their customers.
"We will continue in our endeavour to ensure that our customers receive the best value for their money on telecommunications services across the country," remarked the Managing Director.
This comes five days after Safaricom did the same in order to accommodate the new taxation requirements.
The bill that was assented to by President Uhuru Kenyatta, increased the levy from 10 to 15 per cent which was an addition to the prevailing VAT applicable to mobile services at the rate of 16 per cent.
