The Kenyan government has reached a deal with France Telecom’s Orange over the privatisation of Telkom Kenya, reports Telecompaper. France Telecom, which bought 51 percent of the then state-owned Telkom Kenya for KES26 billion in November 2007, threatened to withdraw its investment after it failed to trace assets that were in the books at the time of purchase. However, the two parties issued a statement saying they had resolved the outstanding shareholder issues.