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
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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, […]
Man jailed for 3 months for failing to return Ksh16,463 sent to him mistakenly via MPESA
A man has been jailed for 3 months for failing to return Ksh16,000 sent to him erroneously on his MPesa number. Cyrus Nzoka Maithya, who was charged with two counts of stealing, is said to have stolen Ksh16,463 from an MPesa number registered in the name of Harriet Karimi. He pleaded guilty before Nairobi Senior […]