SportPesa cancels all Kenya sponsorship

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SportPesa cancels all Kenya sponsorship
Leading Kenyan betting firm SportPesa has pulled out of all local sports sponsorship with immediate effect after it lost a court case challenging the government's decision to increase tax on gambling revenue from 7.5% to 35%.

The move will save the company about 600 million Kenyan shillings ($5.8m; £4.3m) annually, and help it stay afloat, CEO Ronald Karauri was quoted by the local Capital FM news site as saying.

The sponsorship cancellation will have a huge impact on local sports, affecting football giants Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards who are set to represent Kenya at the CAF Champions League and Confederations Cup respectively, the news site adds.

The Kenya Rugby Union said it was dismayed by SportPesa's decision and it expected the government "to step into the breach and provide the necessary support" for its participation in global events, including the Commonwealth Games and the African qualifiers for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

According to a survey published last March, Kenyans are the biggest gamblers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Three-quarters of 17- to 35-year-olds in Kenya surveyed admitted to having placed a bet.

Gambling on phone apps is easy, so many Kenyans regularly make payments through their mobile telephones.

The government increased the tax on sports betting sites last year, saying it was worried about the effects of gambling.

Last month, a court ruled that the tax served a "legitimate public interest", throwing out a challenge by betting firms that argued that the tax was "excessive and unfair" .
SportPesa cancels all Kenya sponsorship
 
January 2, 2018
Nairobi, Kenya

Sportpesa yaondoa ufadhili Kenya

Kampuni ya kamari ya kubashiri matokeo ya mechi Sportpesa, imesitisha udhamini wake kwa michezo nchini Kenya wa thamani ya shilingi milioni 600 kuanzia leo.

Hii ni baada ya mahakama kuu ya Kenya kutupilia mbali ombi la Sportpesa dhidi ya kubatilisha kodi ya asilimia 35 inayotozwa mapato ya ujumla ya kampuni za bahati nasibu na kamari kwa misingi kuwa ushahidi uliotolewa haukuwa wa kutosha. Sportpesa imeenda mbali zaidi na kubainisha mfumo mpya wa kukusanya kodi toka kwa kampuni za kubashiri michezo/kamari ni kinyume na katiba ya Kenya kukuza usawa katika kubeba mzigo wa tozo ya kodi.

Kwa mujibu wa Sportpesa, hatua hii ya kuondoa ufadhili ni mojawapo ya mipango inayofanywa na kampuni yenyewe ili kupunguza gharama ya matumizi huku ikisubiri kukata rufaa.

Source: K24TV
 
Serikali ya Kenya sasa itafurahi kwa sababu imepata ilichotaka kwa kuwa iliona athari hasi ya betting kwa Wakenya hivyo kuamua kuongeza kodi kwa kiwango kikubwa hivyo!
 
Wahamishie mtaji Bongo, hivi viwanda vya gambling tunavihitaji sana na vinalipa kweli kweli
 
You guys don't understand the reason why this issue was posted here in the first place. Mleta mada nia yake ilikuwa ni kuidhalilisha Kenya lakini kwa bahati yake mbaya ikagonga mwamba. Pole bagamoyo.
 
Sikununu nae wazima ataiga tu,come what may,maana akishasikia neno kodi,saburi linamuwasha
 
mwaswast said:
You guys don't understand the reason why this issue was posted here in the first place. Mleta mada nia yake ilikuwa ni kuidhalilisha Kenya lakini kwa bahati yake mbaya ikagonga mwamba. Pole bagamoyo.
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Wewe unawaza kudhalilika na wabongo wakati wakenya wenzako maelfu wanakosa ajira.
Bure kabisa
 
Mbona walishatangaza kuhamishia shughuli zao Tanzania toka last year...
 
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