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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><p class="newstype" style="margin-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; background-image: url(http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/image/view/-/539614/data/85/-/10r7mmuz/-/ico_file.png); background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: 0px 2px; background-repeat: no-repeat;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br></span></p><p class="newstype" style="margin-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; background-image: url(http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/image/view/-/539614/data/85/-/10r7mmuz/-/ico_file.png); background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: 0px 2px; background-repeat: no-repeat;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">In SUMMARY</span></p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><ul style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 11px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">Mobile operators query directive for sector to remit nearly Sh2bn to the Universal Service Advisory Council (USAC) – an agency formed by the government to manage the funds.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">The firms have raised concerns over a lack of representation on the Universal Service Fund (USF), financial governance and accountability of the fund to the contributors.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">The USF levy became effective last July and is managed by an independent committee comprising of appointees of the ICT secretary.</li></ul></div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Standoff-looms-as-Safaricom--Airtel-oppose-new-levy/-/539550/2407262/-/lkib8j/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Standoff-looms-as-Safaricom--Airtel-oppose-new-levy/-/539550/2407262/-/lkib8j/-/index.html</a> </div></body>
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