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Sportpesa head of sponsorship Yvonne Namai unveil the new Sportpesa sponsored jersey with kenya Harlequins chair Mike Lucas. PHOTO/Raymond Makhaya
Kenya orders deportation of 17 foreign directors of betting firms
Kenya has ordered the deportation of 17 foreign directors of betting firms operating in Kenya, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, almost a week after ordering telecoms firm Safaricom to stop processing payments for sports betting firms.
Online sports betting companies such as SportPesa have grown rapidly in the East African nation in recent years, riding a wave of enthusiasm for sports, with the government putting their combined revenue at 200 billion shillings ($2 billion) last year, up from 2 billion shillings five years earlier.READ MORE
Source: https://af.reuters.com/