Kenyans Basking With Joy After Airtel’s #ChatSare Plan

Have you ever thought of accessing Whatsapp even after your data gets completely depleted? Well, Mobile Operator Airtel gave Kenyans a reason to smile when it introduced new and cheaper data plans.

This comes just days after Market giant Safaricom also revised it’s data bundles plans. Airtel’s new plan is aimed at giving its customers a whole new great internet experience at affordable rates.

Airtel Kenya managing director, Prasanta Das Sarma said, “We are happy to introduce our revamped Amazing data bundle offerings that will also allow our customers to enjoy more data and free WhatsApp that does not eat into their bundles.”

The Finance bill 2018 that was signed into law by President Kenyatta came in the form of increased excise duty on telephone and internet data services. Telephone and internet data services were charged excise duty at a rate of fifteen percent of their excisable value. Previously, excise duty on telephone services stood at 10% but the new proposal saw it rise to 15%.

President Uhuru Signing into Law the Finance bill 2018

This 15% charge was also  applied to internet data services, which simply translates to the cost of internet access going up as well as the cost of making calls gaining weight.

Well, the cost of making calls and sending sms’s might have gone up with Mobile opertors Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom all raising their call rates. The trio however have revised their data plans to accommodate more Kenyans.

See Airtel’s Initial Memo Below:

Here are the New Airtel Data Bundles Plan

Price (kES) Offer Validity Extras
10 40MB Daily
20 100MB Daily WhatsApp
50 400MB Daily WhatsApp
99 2GB Daily WhatsApp
50 200MB Weekly WhatsApp
100 500MB Weekly WhatsApp
250 2GB Weekly WhatsApp
500 6GB Weekly WhatsApp
300 1.5GB Monthly WhatsApp
500 4GB Monthly WhatsApp
1000 10GB Monthly WhatsApp
1500 15GB Monthly WhatsApp
2000 25GB Monthly WhatsApp
3000 40GB Monthly WhatsApp

Kenyans Online have welcomed Airtel’s move with many terming it as the greatest thing to have happened especially during this harsh economic conditions.

Here are some of their reactions

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