VODAFONE Kenya, a mobile phone provider firm jointly owned by Telkom Kenya, and Vodafone Air Touch of the UK has agreed to pay a license fee of $55-million to the Communication Commission of Kenya to operate a GSM mobile phone service in Kenya. The commission’s director general, Samuel Chepkonga, said in a statement that the two service providers will connect their customers through their subsidiary known as Safaricom. Vodafone, he added, will pay $22-million for its 40% stake in Safaricom and the balance of $33-million will be settled by Telkom Kenya, which owns 60% of the mobile service firm.