Is the suing company associated with Sage systems? 30 years ago, Sage software benefited from a UK government grant. Maybe Go.Ke will one day fund Kenyan software developers instead?. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-1526680/Sage-founder-quits-w... He created the first piece of Sage software while completing his degree in computing and statistics. He joined up with David Goldman who won a Government grant for Wylie to modify the software so that it worked for his printing company. They created a user-friendly system that allowed businesses to do their own accounts on a computer. The two then joined up with Californian scientist Paul Muller and Goldman's printing partner Phil Lever to form the fledgling company. Wylie and Goldman toured the UK in the early 1980s selling their software and where necessary the computer hardware to the print industry. http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news/son-keeps-fathers-success... SMM *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32* On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

The National Treasury has been thrust into a vicious war with the administrator of its electronics payments platform eCitizen, which now threatens to stall services offered through the World Bank-backed online portal.

Goldrock Capital Limited, which runs e-Citizen’s mobile money payment account, has sued the National Treasury for denying it access to the platform’s M-Pesa paybill number that receives billions of shillings from individuals seeking government services through the online portal.

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Company-sues-Treasury-over- eCitizen-payments/539546-3972722-rvqcqvz/index.html

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