[kictanet] Does cashless matatu system have a regulatory framework?

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

Thanks Walu. You certainly ask valid questions. What comes to mind is
consumer protection, and ensuring data collected about consumers is not
used in ways that the consumer does not ascent to. I'm assuming we will
read the terms of service.

I don't expect any player in the industry to be a monopoly, and certaily
my1963 card wil operate alongside BebaPay and AbiriaCard. What I would also
like to see is the ability to pay with our NFC enabled debit and credit
cards. Consumers should have a choice.

Cofek's appeal is mostly based on Article 10 of the constitution where
government is expected to involve all stakeholders holders (yes
multistakeholderism is here to stay) in decision making. If there was a
stakeholders forum, many of these questions would have been asked there.

Well, the cashles system has worked before in Kenya hitherto with mixed
reactions from the commuters. I support it bearing in mind the many times
I've forgotten my change. As agents of changes in society, we should
support the initiative, and let it mature. We can learn from other cities,
especially Transport for London which has a very successful Oyster Card.

Regards

On Tuesday, 11 November 2014, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Hi Walu,
>
> We are in interesting times, what happens to the squad fellows? They
> normally get a tenth of the fare for their touting. I wonder whether a
> feasibility study was done. The Matatu culture is too complicated ,
> this system would work with a more organized Nyayo Bus or KBS kind of
> system.
>
> My 2 cents
>
> On 11/11/14, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
> > The President launched the cashless matatu payment system in style last
> > week.
> >
> > Boarding a matatu from State House to the City Centre, the President used
> > the payment card "My1963" to pay his fare as the smiling Safaricom CEO,
> Bob
> > Collymore, the Matatu Owners association Chairman, Simon Kimutai and the
> > Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure, Eng Michael Kamau all
> > watched.
> >
> > Read more @
> >
> http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2518070/-/10vedrez/-/index.html
> >
> > ---------------------------
> > Additionally, you can read a bare knuckle view from Cofek
> > ** 7 reasons why Cofek will fight to stop the #My1963 PSV's cashless
> payment
> > fraud
> >
> > The National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) plan to go cashless on
> fare
> > payments effective December 1, 2014 though welcome cannot escape public
> > scrutiny.
> >
> > Clearly, majority commuters are not ready thanks to the very poor and
> less
> > than transparent handling of the cashless fare payments for Public
> Service
> > Vehicles (PSV's).
> >
> > If digital migration switch-off of analogue TV signal could go to the
> > Supreme Court, then the architects behind the so-called #My1963 fraud
> must
> > not celebrate just yet. Why?
> >
> > READ more @
> >
> http://www.cofek.co.ke/index.php/14-news/872-7-reasons-why-cofek-will-fight-to-stop-the-my1963-psv-s-cashless-payment-fraud
> > --------
> > walu.
> >
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