PMG In waiting - Postal & mobile money
I was in Nanyuki over the weekend as I passed the post office a pig red sign caught my attention which got me thinking about the mandate of the Postal Corporation of Kenya as to its services to the populace. In my opinion if PCK is to provide 3rd party money transfer services its has an obligation to offer at least the services of the top 3 and not to only benefit a single entity. The same obligation needs to be enforced in relation to all other government agencies otherwise we shall be disenfranchising the common mwanainchi. Last and not list it is a branding no no to place such a sign so prominently in the front of the post office, the sign is so loud that one would think that the location belonged to the mobile phone company. On appointment that will be one of the things I will rectify during my first, proverbial, 100 days. Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 08:30, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
I was in Nanyuki over the weekend as I passed the post office a pig red sign caught my attention which got me thinking about the mandate of the Postal Corporation of Kenya as to its services to the populace.
In my opinion if PCK is to provide 3rd party money transfer services its has an obligation to offer at least the services of the top 3 and not to only benefit a single entity.
The same obligation needs to be enforced in relation to all other government agencies otherwise we shall be disenfranchising the common mwanainchi.
Last and not list it is a branding no no to place such a sign so prominently in the front of the post office, the sign is so loud that one would think that the location belonged to the mobile phone company.
On appointment that will be one of the things I will rectify during my first, proverbial, 100 days.
Since these money transfer services are provided on a "commission" basis, I should think that it simply did not make sense to the top management to deal with the leading three because the earnings would be (probably) nominal and therefore not worth it. PS: I don't know if it's just my eyes but your photo isn't clear and as such I wasn't able to figure out the object of reference. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email.
Hi, The reference is the bright red Airtel Money poster placed below the post office sign. My issue is that PCK is meant to take services to the people so by only offering the money transfer service from a single operator they are not executing their mandate. Postal's obligation is to provide service for the public good even if it might not make a profit which is why they must deliver letters to all points of the country at a fixed price. Because of their inability to reconcile this objective to a pure profit one many of the past and present board and management of the organisation have been unable to make the organisation self sustaining. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Monday, 7 November 2011, 11:04 Subject: Re: [kictanet] PMG In waiting - Postal & mobile money On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 08:30, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: I was in Nanyuki over the weekend as I passed the post office a pig red sign caught my attention which got me thinking about the mandate of the Postal Corporation of Kenya as to its services to the populace.
In my opinion if PCK is to provide 3rd party money transfer services its has an obligation to offer at least the services of the top 3 and not to only benefit a single entity.
The same obligation needs to be enforced in relation to all other government agencies otherwise we shall be disenfranchising the common mwanainchi.
Last and not list it is a branding no no to place such a sign so prominently in the front of the post office, the sign is so loud that one would think that the location belonged to the mobile phone company.
On appointment that will be one of the things I will rectify during my first, proverbial, 100 days.
Since these money transfer services are provided on a "commission" basis, I should think that it simply did not make sense to the top management to deal with the leading three because the earnings would be (probably) nominal and therefore not worth it. PS: I don't know if it's just my eyes but your photo isn't clear and as such I wasn't able to figure out the object of reference. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email.
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