[kictanet] The Safaricom money machine

[Solomon Mburu Kamau]

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> the entries for the numbers and that is why when using these services (e.g
> MPESA, ZAP) one manually type the intended recipient's mobile phone
> number.  I'm glad they do not charge for reimbursing.
>

With ZAP, one has the option of entering the receiver's number from
phonebook, without having to manually enter the details


>
> Regards,
> Okech JM
> My blog <http://james-okech.blogspot.com>
>
> --- On *Wed, 9/15/10, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] The Safaricom money machine
> To: okechjr at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 1:12 AM
>
>
> Bob,
>
> You are meticulous, that is a good question to be answered by the telcos
> and  regulator, sometimes i also wonder when you send an sms it doesn't get
> to the  recipient yet the money is deducted, what is your recourse? Im sure
> millions of shillings disappear from consumers pockets this way :-).
>
> Best Regards
>
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:41 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk<http://mc/compose?to=robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk>
> > wrote:
>
> Hi,he
>
> I have noted that when you send money from mpesa to the wrong number and
> you request for the transaction to be reversed you do not recover the
> transaction costs.
>
> When a line with credit is deactivated what happens to the credit?  With
> the banks a new policy requires that funds from inactive accounts need to be
> remitted to Central Bank.
>
>
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
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