<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Victor </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Couldn't agree with you more.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">It's very simple really. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Organizations (and yes, this includes governments) need to ask themselves the basics:-</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Are we here to serve our customers/citizens or make like easier for us? </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">You see we are missing the point when we don't come to the right conclusions. People vote with their wallets and votes. It's really simple. <br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></p><font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 26 Oct 2015, at 10:45 PM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">I think it's a free country and every person is allowed to accept payment in whichever means they prefer. Sad but it's a free market. Some places don't accept Mpesa, Airtel money, Visa, MasterCard, personal cheques or cash but only options that are convenient for them.</span></font><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">However, for kuccps being a body established by statute it would only be proper that it puts in place mechanisms to accept payments in forms other than Mpesa, since not all Kenyans are on Mpesa. They appear to have chosen convenience over public service. I also think It's also a call to developers to ensure such facilities incorporate various options that will enable the public make payments through different means without limiting to a single provider.</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">My 2 cents.</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Victor</span></font></div><br>On Thursday, 22 October 2015, P Gitau Githongo via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://students.kuccps.net/downloads/FirstRevisionManual2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://students.kuccps.net/downloads/FirstRevisionManual2015.pdf</a> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>All payments for application MUST be made through MPESA as explained in step 4 of the procedure. Any other mode of payment will NOT BE ACCEPTED</i>.<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Perhaps listers with legal expertise can advise – surely it’s illegal for a service to be denied where the payment can be made using legal tender issued by the Central bank of Kenya?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">P Gitau Githongo <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></blockquote><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Victor Kapiyo</span></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><br>====================================================<br><i>“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar</i></font><br></div><br>
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