<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Thanks Solomon</div><div><br></div><div>Indeed there was an outage on M-PESA last evening whereby the connectivity between the local servers and the database in Germany temporarily failed. This was resolved last evening and apologies for the inconvenience</div><div><br></div><div>Rgds<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Mar 4, 2011, at 8:04 PM, "Solomon Mburu Kamau" <<a href="mailto:solo.mburu@gmail.com">solo.mburu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p><font size="2">The service has been unaivalable for most of today, and especially<br>
after last weekend's upgrade of the system.<br>
Hope the technicians are springing into action, as google would say.<br>
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ION, I remember MJ saying that he's subscribed Collymore to this list,<br>
but I've not seen him comment on some of the raised issues onlist. I<br>
wonder whether this is the cause of Robert's sentiments.<br>
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On 04/03/2011, Njeri <<a href="mailto:njeri.rionge@igniteconsulting.co.ke">njeri.rionge@igniteconsulting.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
> I wanted to load 40k last week and was only able to do so by going to<br>
> three outlets, then sending it was another issue, not to mention some<br>
> told me mkesho is now mkesho kutwa. :-)<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPhone.<br>
><br>
> Njeri<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.njeri-rionge.com"><a href="http://www.njeri-rionge.com">www.njeri-rionge.com</a></a><br>
><br>
> On Mar 4, 2011, at 18:22, Michael Bullut <<a href="mailto:michael.bullut@gmail.com">michael.bullut@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> The MPesa service is currently down... I tried depositing some funds<br>
>> an hour ago at two agents in Westlands and they told me the system<br>
>> is unavailable...<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Michael Ouma <<a href="mailto:benomnta@yahoo.com">benomnta@yahoo.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> If this was facebook, I would said "like this" comment.<br>
>><br>
>> I can't top up my credit via mpesa neither can I top up another<br>
>> number via the same mpesa since last week.<br>
>><br>
>> Michael Ouma<br>
>> Journalist<br>
>> Kenya<br>
>> Tel:+254-725-537823<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> "Do not go where the path may lead, but go instead where there is no<br>
>> path and leave a trail," - Ralph Waldo Emerson<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> From: robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:benomnta@yahoo.com"><a href="mailto:benomnta@yahoo.com">benomnta@yahoo.com</a></a><br>
>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
>> Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 8:36:30 AM<br>
>> Subject: [kictanet] Bob Collymore; Yet to arrive<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Listers,<br>
>><br>
>> I had a chance to catch my namesake Robert Collymore's on the bench<br>
>> interview rerun with Jeff Koinange and it was quite enlightening<br>
>> especially from how he answered the questions.<br>
>><br>
>> For some reason Jeff was too mellow seems like he had been given a<br>
>> script which was unfortunate, his interview of one Kaguta Museveni<br>
>> was more punchy.<br>
>><br>
>> As I listened to the interview it became clear that Bob has still<br>
>> not arrived in Kenya, he is here physically but his heart must have<br>
>> been lost in transit, airlines keep doing it with peoples luggage,<br>
>> he needs a chance to arrive.<br>
>><br>
>> I would suggest that first someone takes him across to Njuguna's<br>
>> preferably after Mututho, best would be if it was with a non-<br>
>> safaricom supplier or staff member as he needs an orientation in<br>
>> Kenyanism. After this he needs to visit Kiamaiko and also watch a<br>
>> soccer match at Dandora or Kibera stadiums then he will be better<br>
>> placed to comment on the Kenyan. He might even be allowed to get<br>
>> aware with using terms like Kubafu and peculiar to describe us.<br>
>><br>
>> Unlike MJ, Bob has come to occupy the sit at the top of an existing<br>
>> ivory tower that Micheal built, from where the view can be very<br>
>> deceiving and his lieutenants are likely to insulate him from what<br>
>> is happening on the ground.<br>
>><br>
>> If he genuinely wants to sort our the rote within Safaricom and move<br>
>> the organisation into the future then he must descend from the ivory<br>
>> tower and order his heart back via express courier otherwise his<br>
>> stay shall be short and uneventful. You cannot appreciate the<br>
>> bigger picture if you have no contact with the sectoral one, the<br>
>> pixels make the picture.<br>
>><br>
>> Just my take from the answers he gave to the soft questions that<br>
>> where rolled towards him.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards<br>
>><br>
>> Bob akaribishwe kimtaa<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Robert Yawe<br>
>> KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>
>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>
>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>
>> Kenya<br>
>><br>
>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br>
>><br>
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>><br>
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