[kictanet] How secure is mpesa

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We are about to finalize the revised drat ICT policy before we table it for the public to make comments.  As such I will ask the policy team to follow your thread.

My experience with discussions is that we get too many opinions and no serious research with references.  Is there a way to change this and build a Knowledge Society? 

Ndemo.


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Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 10:35:18 
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] How secure is mpesa

Bobby, as the PMG in waiting I invite you to participate on the
ongoing discussion on Mobile payment platforms under the KIGF thread,
we will have a chance to discuss this issues during the face to face
meeting slated for mid this month, I hope there will be a speedy
resolution to the problem, at the same time I wonder whether there is
need to have a policy that will specifically handle the mobile payment
platforms, anyone with an idea if there is something out there may
also share on the ongoing policy discussion.

On 7/4/11, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com> wrote:
> It has long my belief that only person to person transactions can be
> reversed as this are based on trust, and on that one person is sending the
> money, not paying for services.
>
> Businesses are meant to use the paybill which means it should be harder to
> reverse a transaction without both parties consenting to this.
>
> Safaricom should also come up with better ways of reducing errors in
> transaction. User interfaces are usually adapted to best suit a user. In
> this era of feature phones and smart phones, Safaricom should have apps with
> better functionality to supplement the USSD based system. An app can have a
> list of paybill numbers, fetch your address book etc
>

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