| Updated Wed, April 19th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3The Safaricom mast that was brought down by Al Shabaab in Hulugho, Garissa County has been fixed. The Ijara deputy county commissioner, Julius Too, was among leaders who witnessed the restoration of the network. They commended the Kenya Defence Force soldiers, who engaged Al Shabaab terrorists along the Kenya-Somalia border at Kolbio last month. With the mast fixed, most M-Pesa shops resumed operations and Safaricom airtime cards were selling fast. In the absence of the mast, residents of the border towns of Hosingo, Kudah, and Kolbio resorted to using the Somalia-based Hormud network, which charges Sh100 a minute, to make calls.

Source: Standard Digital April 18, 2017 19:18 UTC