[kictanet] Company sues Treasury over eCitizen payments

[S.M. Muraya]

Is the suing company associated with Sage systems? 30 years ago, Sage
software benefited from a UK government grant. Maybe Go.Ke will one day
fund Kenyan software developers instead?.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-1526680/Sage-founder-quits-with-163135m.html#ixzz4kEM0JOgl


He created the first piece of Sage software while completing his degree in
computing and statistics. He joined up with David Goldman who won a
Government grant for Wylie to modify the software so that it worked for his
printing company. They created a user-friendly system that allowed
businesses to do their own accounts on a computer. The two then joined up
with Californian scientist Paul Muller and Goldman's printing partner Phil
Lever to form the fledgling company. Wylie and Goldman toured the UK in the
early 1980s selling their software and where necessary the computer
hardware to the print industry.

http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news/son-keeps-fathers-successful-business-4501132




SMM

*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
who takes a city." Prov 16:32*

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> The National Treasury has been thrust into a vicious war with the
> administrator of its electronics payments platform eCitizen, which now
> threatens to stall services offered through the World Bank-backed online
> portal.
>
>
> Goldrock Capital Limited, which runs e-Citizen’s mobile money payment
> account, has sued the National Treasury for denying it access to the
> platform’s M-Pesa paybill number that receives billions of shillings from
> individuals seeking government services through the online portal.
>
>
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Company-sues-Treasury-over-
> eCitizen-payments/539546-3972722-rvqcqvz/index.html
>
>
> Best regards
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> Githaiga, Grace
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