[kictanet] PMG In waiting - Postal & mobile money

Tue Nov 8 12:24:35 EAT 2011

Hi,

We need to be clear about the obligations of PCK in relation to levelling the various divides of which banking and money transfer is one.

The mandate for PCK to provide universal mail delivery across the country needs to be extended to all other areas, imagine if every district or town had to take the initiative to have PCK extend its services to the particular location then definitely we would disenfranchise the majority of Kenyans.

Note that as a result of the universality of PCK a letter is delivered to Mandera at the same price as to Kiambu from Mombasa or Kendu Bay, if this is the situation why should the YuCash person in Port Victory need to travel to Kisumu for service yet the Airtel Money fellow receives his services from Port Victory yet all are tax payers who support the PCK infrastructure.

All money transfer organisations must as a requirement of their license be mandated to provide their services through PCK same with sale of airtime.  Devolution goes beyond politics to the equalisation of all basic human needs of which I believe mobile money transfer is one.  

I am not propagating for the introduction of new laws or mandates just the application of the existing ones to the letter, the universal access fund is there to serve the cause I am advancing.

Let me reiterate yet again as I have done in previous contributions that we need to accept the fact that Nairobi is not Kenya and that government is still relevant new constitution or old.

Regards

Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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From: Emmanuel Khisa <oloo.khisa at googlemail.com>
To: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: oloo.khisa at gmail.com; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 9:45
Subject: Re: [kictanet] PMG In waiting - Postal & mobile money

Dear Robert,

I think services like Agency are partnerships and are offered to only organisations that seek these out. Airtel (just like banks are doing) may have discussed possibilities for partnership with PCK and agreed.

Mpesa and YuCash may not have sought out PCK and hence you may not pin PCK down on this one.

There is however a business case for PCK to reach out to the telcos for additional revenue streams...especially for Mpesa.

My two cents.

EK

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 4:59 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hi,
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>The reference is the bright red Airtel Money poster placed below the post office sign.
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>My issue is that PCK is meant to take services to the people so by only offering the money transfer service from a single operator they are not executing their mandate.  
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>Postal's obligation is to provide service for the public good even if it might not make a profit which is why they must deliver letters to all points of the country at a fixed price.  Because of their inability to reconcile this objective to a pure profit one many of the past and present board and management of the organisation have been unable to make the organisation self sustaining.
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>Regards
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>Robert Yawe
>KAY System Technologies Ltd
>Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>Kenya
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>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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>________________________________
>From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>
>To: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>Sent: Monday, 7 November 2011, 11:04
>Subject: Re: [kictanet] PMG In waiting - Postal & mobile money
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>On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 08:30, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>I was in Nanyuki over the weekend as I passed the post office a pig red sign caught my attention which got me thinking about the mandate of the Postal Corporation of Kenya as to its services to the populace.
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>>In my opinion if PCK is to provide 3rd party money transfer services its has an obligation to offer at least the services of the top 3 and not to only benefit a single entity. 
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>>The same obligation needs to be enforced in relation to all other government agencies otherwise we shall be disenfranchising the common mwanainchi.
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>>Last and not list it is a branding no no to place such a sign so prominently in the front of the post office, the sign is so loud that one would think that the location belonged to the mobile phone company.
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>>On appointment that will be one of the things I will rectify during my first, proverbial, 100 days.
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>Since these money transfer services are provided on a "commission" basis, I should think that it simply did not make sense to the top management to deal with the leading three because the earnings would be (probably) nominal and therefore not worth it.
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>PS: I don't know if it's just my eyes but your photo isn't clear and as such I wasn't able to figure out the object of reference.
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