[kictanet] Safaricom fights back in Okoa Jahazi case - Business Daily

Tue Feb 20 19:06:52 EAT 2018

@Machuhi

Let me understand this:-

You take 100\- Okoa Jahazi airtime on credit. It's clear that there's a
cost to it. Then you go to court?

Am I missing something here?

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On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 6:21 PM, K Machuhi <kmachuhi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ali....frivolous lawsuits never get admitted into court process. The okoa
> jahazi matter is of great public interest and whichever way it goes will
> have major impact.
>
> As a society we are not as litigious as we ought to be.
>
> On 20 Feb 2018 17:05, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Mwendwa
>
> One of the drawbacks of the new dispensation is frivolous lawsuits..It's
> what we must live with..
>
> Regards
>
> *Ali Hussein*
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> On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 1:27 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> If the court rules in the Petitioners' favour, what would be the
>> options for Safaricom?
>>
>> 1. Scrap the Okoa jahazi service completely? I am aware this service
>> has been of great help to the "down trodden".
>> 2. Offer the service at no cost? After all, if your client has no
>> liquidity at a particular time, do you do away with them?
>>
>> Regards
>> ______________________
>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 20 February 2018 at 09:58, Ali Hussein via kictanet
>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> > Listers
>> >
>> > Apologies for cross posting.
>> >
>> > Interesting story in the Business Daily today.
>> >
>> > Two petitioners have sued Safaricom over the charges it imposes on Okoa
>> > Jahazi airtime services, claiming that they are illegal.
>> >
>> > Mr Ashford Koome and Eric Kithinji, claim that Safaricom is not
>> licensed to
>> > carry out banking services, hence the interest it charges on the airtime
>> > advanced to the subscribers is illegal.
>> >
>> > Safaricom has however disputed the claims arguing that the charges have
>> been
>> > approved by the Communications Authority of Kenya, and that they are not
>> > interest but a service charge.
>> >
>> > Read on:-
>> >
>> >
>> > https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/companies/Safa
>> ricom-fights-back-in-Okoa-Jahazi-case/4003102-4311682-ovkd31z/index.html
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Ali Hussein
>> > Principal
>> > Hussein & Associates
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>> >
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