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NAIROBI, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Kenya's leading mobile operator, Safaricom's pretax profit nudged up 1.7 percent in its first half ended September to 9.134 billion shillings ($120.6 million).
Ranked the No.1 firm in East Africa by market value, Safaricom said revenue increased to 40.6 billion shillings.
Its subscriber numbers grew to 14.5 million or 77 percent of market share, down from 81 percent last year.
Safaricom is part owned by Britain's Vodafone, the Kenyan government and other investors.

($1=75.75 Kenyan Shilling)

(Reporting by Duncan Miriri; Editing by Wangui Kanina and Anshuman Daga) Keywords: SAFARICOM/ (Email: nairobi.newsroom@reuters.com; Tel: +254 20 222 4717)

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