The Commission also launched a Short Message Service (SMS) based inquiry system for petroleum prices.
Members of the public can now obtain the latest prices in major towns by sending a text message with the word
‘price’ followed by the name of a major town, separated by a space, to 0707667623. e.g
Price Nairobi
You will receive a messagee e.g
RWEA4S2ANV ERC Confirmed. The maximum pump prices for Nairobi for the period between 15/05/2013 and 14/06/2013 are: Kerosene 79.46,Diesel 101.06,Regular 105.76,Super 113.24
This service is free of charge!
A short sms going a long way!

The KASNEB timetables for the May/June ATC Examinations are finally out.   
The exams kick off on May,28th 2013. We TheTimpata team wish you all the best.
To view the detailed Exams Timetable click here. 

To follow the trickling results for the presidential race, please follow this link:
http://vote.iebc.or.ke/  and clink on “RESULTS” tab.

You can now find your nearest voter registration center online and on The Timpata! On the IEBC portal below, Scroll to the right, enter your County, Constituency and Ward and you will get a list of all centers near you. Better still, enter the name of where you live in the search box. Ensure you register as a voter to participate in the MArch 4th 2012 General Elections.

To check how much loan you qualify to get, dial *234*6#
In order to qualify for a loan you will have to be an active M-PESA user for at least 6 months, save regularly on M-Shwari account and continuously use other Safaricom services such as Voice, DATA and M-PESA. You will also need to have deposited some money into your M-Shwari account.
You can borrow a minimum of Ksh. 100. The maximum depends on your loan limit which you can get by dialing *234*6# The loan is payable in 30 days plus …

You can now check your December 2012 KASNEB exam centre online here: http://www.kasneb.or.ke/bboard.htm . The December 2012 KASNEB exams timetables for each paper are as follows:
The Timpata wishes all candidates the best of luck!

IEBC has released a list of the new list of National Assembly Consituencies and County Assembly Wards. Here is that list: (Click on the arrow in top right side to open in new window)

NHIF Has issued a revised list of healthcare providers who will offer outpatient care to members.
See the benefits of the new cover in The Timpata here.
Listed below please find the updated outpatient healthcare providers who will offer outpatient care to members of the Civil Service and Disciplined services and their declared defendants. Choice to preferred medical facilities starts from 1st October 2012 to 10th October 2012.
Members who are comfortable with their current facilities need not change. Members under job group N-T should continue accessing services at their current providers. (See bottom …

Here is how to check if your mobile phone is genuine or not. Simply dial *#06#
You will receive an sms in about 30 seconds.
Write down the IMEI and send this number as a new sms to 1555.
You will receive an sms telling you whether your phone is genuine or not.

KASNEB has released May June 2012 CPA, CPS, CICT, CSIA results today (2nd August 2012). The Results are available online in PDF format in the following links:
CPA Part I : http://www.kasneb.or.ke/cpares120121.pdf
CPA Part II: http://www.kasneb.or.ke/cpares120122.pdf
CPA Part III: http://www.kasneb.or.ke/cpares120123.pdf
CSIA : http://www.kasneb.or.ke/csires12012.pdf
CPS: http://www.kasneb.or.ke/cpsres12012.pdf
CICT: http://www.kasneb.or.ke/cicres12012.pdf
CCP: http://www.kasneb.or.ke/ccpres12012.pdf
 
Due to heavy traffic to the KASNEB website, the links may take long to open. Besides, the PDF files are quire bulky and will take time to download. You may not be able to view these results in a mobile phone that does not support PDF files.
To go around …