Dear Mr Mulunda, Thank you for sharing on our behalf. Cofek and I are most grateful for your views and those from other listers. We have also read and agree with similar opinion of Mr Walubengo in the “Daily Nation” blog. Let us keep the debate going. It is our respective divergent opinion which will enrich the cashless payment system project. Kind regards, David Kedode Program Officer Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) Rehema Place, Block F-45 Ngong Road/Ring Rd Kilimani Junction P.O Box 28053-00200, City Square, NAIROBI, Kenya Tel. 254-20-2615496, 2300859 Fax. 254-20-3861719; Cell phones: 0715555550, 0770700007 E-mail: <mailto:hotline@cofek.co.ke> hotline@cofek.co.ke Website: <http://www.cofek.co.ke/> www.cofek.co.ke Facebook: "Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek)" Twitter: @ConsumersKenya YouTube: "ConsumersKenya" 13th December 2012 - President Kibaki assents to the Consumer Protection Act, 2012 Read it here: <http://www.cofek.co.ke/Consumers%20Protection%20Act%202012.pdf> http://www.cofek.co.ke/Consumers%20Protection%20Act%202012.pdf From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+hotline=cofek.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of luke mulunda via kictanet Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 12:56 PM To: The Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek) Subject: Re: [kictanet] Does cashless matatu system have a regulatory framework? True, There are a lot of very basic omissions - for instance, will school-going under 18 children be exempted from this? What about my grandmum who has no idea of electronic gadgets and needs to travel? Will this also apply to taxis, and if yes, will foreigners coming in for less than a week required to apply for the cards? This should have been applied piecemeal for most-organised public transport companies. On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:56 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Luke, I agree, Public transport plays a major role in any countries economic development. We need an efficient, affordable and effective public transport system. Majority of Kenyans spend over 50 % of their income on transport. This in my humble view is what i expected the government to address, technology is a means to an end it should not be glorified as an end in itself. Whereas i have several gadgets i still maintain my note pads which are as effective. We seem to be getting more obsessed with making obscene profits rather than providing efficient and effective services to citizenry. Whereas the initiative is good , it has been executed in the wrong environment. Considering the fact that on average 30% of ICT projects succeed, i will adopt a wait and see approach. Best Regards On 11/11/14, luke mulunda via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thanks for the piece quite an eye-opener. In fact cofek has raised a number of issues regarding this system some of which border on scum. Sounds like some people really want to make some cash from it. See this article by Cofek. Abit too emotional but has got nuggets of insights http://www.businesstoday.co.ke/news/opinion-and-analysis/1415610691/talking-...
On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:27 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The President launched the cashless matatu payment system in style last week.
Boarding a matatu from State House to the City Centre, the President used the payment card “My1963” to pay his fare as the smiling Safaricom CEO, Bob Collymore, the Matatu Owners association Chairman, Simon Kimutai and the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure, Eng Michael Kamau all watched.
Read more @ http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2518070/-/10vedr...
--------------------------- Additionally, you can read a bare knuckle view from Cofek ** 7 reasons why Cofek will fight to stop the #My1963 PSV's cashless payment fraud
The National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) plan to go cashless on fare payments effective December 1, 2014 though welcome cannot escape public scrutiny.
Clearly, majority commuters are not ready thanks to the very poor and less than transparent handling of the cashless fare payments for Public Service Vehicles (PSV’s).
If digital migration switch-off of analogue TV signal could go to the Supreme Court, then the architects behind the so-called #My1963 fraud must not celebrate just yet. Why?
READ more @ http://www.cofek.co.ke/index.php/14-news/872-7-reasons-why-cofek-will-fight-... -------- walu.
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