Tag: MPesa

‘Check your M-Pesa’ – Passaris assists man unable to pay Ksh2,500 rent

Nairobi County MP Esther Passaris on Friday, November 8, 2024, came to the aid of a man unable to raise his rent of Ksh2,500. The man had reached out to Passaris on X and indicated that he was out of hustle after he was laid off on August 26, 2024. “Rent ya 2500 imenishinda completely […]

Boda boda rider handed 7-year jail term for retaining money sent wrongly to his M-Pesa

A Mombasa court has sentenced a boda boda rider to seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the offence of retaining Ksh200,000 that had been wrongly sent to his M-Pesa account. Mombasa senior resident magistrate David Odhiambo sentenced 27-year-old Samuel Mwithiga Wanjiku to serve seven years after he pleaded guilty to the charges. […]

Safaricom customers won’t be able to send money to unregistered M-Pesa users

Safaricom has announced that unregistered M-Pesa users won’t be able to receive money effective Monday, February 5, 2024. In a press statement released on Saturday, the mobile service company said registered M-Pesa users will be able to send and receive money effortlessly, even when engaging with different mobile money providers such as Airtel and T-Kash. […]

Safaricom announces 3-hour M-pesa outage

Safaricom has announced 3-hour M-pesa outage between Monday September 27 at 11:59pm to Tuesday September 28 at 4am. The service provider said the outage will allow routine maintenance. “During the maintenance, all M-pesa services including airtime purchase will be temporarily unavailable,” Safaricom said in a statement. The telecommunication firm said the timing of the maintenance […]

Court rejects man’s plea to refund ksh2000 monthly after using Ksh36000 he wrongly received on Mpesa

A tea farmer pleaded guilty to using Ksh36,000 from Victoria Commercial Bank Limited in Nairobi that he wrongly received through Mpesa. Josphat Keire Abere requested Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi to allow him to pay the bank Ksh2000 monthly until he clears the amount in question. According to the police report seen by K24 Digital, […]

How police officers con Kenyans money via Mpesa

Investigations have revealed that rogue officers are now forcing members of the public to withdraw cash from specified Mpesa agents and businessmen whose agent and till numbers are used. “After forcing you to withdraw money, they delete the message,” a resident of Buruburu has told K24 Digital. One of the cases under investigation is when […]

List of most downloaded phone apps by Kenyans

Google has released a list of most downloaded apps in Kenya as at Saturday, July 10. Financial apps especially those giving credit services top the list followed by social, shopping and lifestyle apps. Safaricom’s MPESA topped the list followed by MySafaricom, Tiktok and AsapKash a credit services application. Others are LionCash, Kashway, Jumia Online Shopping, […]