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Job losses as Betin, SportPesa quit Kenya over licence, tax tiff

Two large betting firms in Kenya are calling it quits after a drawn-out war with the government on licence renewals and taxation.

SportPesa yesterday said it would halt its operations in Kenya owing to what it termed as a hostile operating environment, with the taxation regime on the betting industry making the company’s operations in the country unviable.

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