<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">This I am on board with. Mobile money is a distinct and separate service from the services a mobile network operator would normally provide. Requiring a Safricom SIM Card in order to access MPESA (the full range of service i.e.) has always been some form of tying. Anti-competitive behaviour when a dominant company uses its influence in one market to gain advantage in a second market however closely related. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 10:06 AM Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><span style="color:rgb(77,77,77);font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;font-variant-ligatures:normal">The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) will launch a national payment system that will force Safaricom </span><span style="color:rgb(77,77,77);font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;font-variant-ligatures:normal">to accept cash from rival firms such as Airtel on its Lipa na M-Pesa, enabling a seamless transfer of money through merchants.</span><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><span style="color:rgb(77,77,77);font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><span style="color:rgb(77,77,77);font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;font-variant-ligatures:normal">Read more: <a href="https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/markets/market-news/cbk-seeks-linking-lipa-na-m-pesa-with-airtel-3728538" target="_blank">https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/markets/market-news/cbk-seeks-linking-lipa-na-m-pesa-with-airtel-3728538</a> </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><span style="color:rgb(77,77,77);font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br></span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><font color="#20124d">Victor Kapiyo</font></b></span></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1" color="#351c75">Partner | <i>Lawmark Partners LLP</i></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"><i>Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | </i></font><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Web: <a href="http://www.lawmark.co.ke" target="_blank">www.lawmark.co.ke</a> </i></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1" color="#000000">====================================================<br><i>“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar<br></i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Mercy Mutemi, Advocate</b>. <br></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><i><br></i></b></span></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>