The timetables for KASNEB examinations for May/June 2013 sitting are now available online. Please log in to your student account and then
1. Access the “Course choice” tab.
2. Select the examination from the dropdown box and provide the registration number without the prefix (e.g. if your registration number is NAC/123456, provide 123456 as the registration number).
3.   Select the examination timetable tab.
4.   Click on “print” to print the pdf version or “Send to email” to send to your registered account email address.
The authority letter must be presented to the invigilators at each …

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 KCSE 2012 candidates who will be selected to join The University of Nairobi are likely to be reporting in January of 2014. This is a provisional date as per the University’s Admissions office and is yet to be confirmed.
The Timpata shall follow closely on this and let you know as soon as these are confirmed.
 
You might also be interested to know when KCSE 2012 candidates shall revise their degree choices. Please find these details in this live article:
http://www.thetimpata.com/2013/04/26/revision-of-courses-for-kcse-2012-candidatesjoint-admissions-board-jab-online-revision-of-university-choices-kcse-2012-candidates/
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The reporting date for first years in The University of Nairobi is 20th May 2013.
Please contact the institution if you have not received your admissions letter with instructions on what you are required to report with. You may reach University of Nairobi’s admission offices by calling 020-318262 and ask to be connected to Admissions.

Procedure for revising Degree Choices for KCSE 2012 candidates
<<Update 1>>
The reliable information we have from Joint Admissions Board (JAB) is that KCSE 2012 candidates will revise their degree choices some date in the month of May 2013. The specific date has not been set yet. We are following closely on this and we shall let you know as soon as the exact dates are released by JAB
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<<Update 2>>
The revision dates are out. They are:
Monday May 20, to Friday May 31, 2012
<<Update 3>>
The following information is now available from JAB’s website …

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.

The KSCE 2012 results are out on 1st March 2013. KNEC shall release the results soon after the minister’s speech.
To get your results online, we expect that similar to last year, candidates shall log on to http://www.knec-results.ac.ke/ and key in their index number.
The SMS number used to get  KCSE 2011 result was 5052. We expect this to remain as is.
The Timpata, as we have always done, shall keep you updated on any new developments in the release of KCSE 2012 results and we wish all candidates the best of luck.
 
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Money transfer service- M-PESA: Effective February 9th 2013 , Safaricom revised M-PESA transactions charges as follows. This is after the government imposed a 10% tax on all money transfer services.
Sending Charges

Minimum  Ksh.
Max Ksh.
Transfer to Registered Users   Ksh.
Transfers to unregistered users Ksh.

10
49
3 (see note 3 below)
N/A (see note 3 below)

50
100
5
N/A

101
500
27
66

501
1,000
33
66

1,001
1,500
33
66

1,501
2,500
33
66

2,501
3,500
33
88

3,501
5,000
33
105

5,001
7,500
55
143

7,501
10,000
55
171

10,001
15,001
55
220

15,001
20,000
55
237

20,001
25,000
82
275

25,001
30,000
82
275

30,001
35,000
82
275

35,001
40,000
82
N/A

40,001
45,000
75
N/A

45,001
50,000
110
N/A

50,001
70,000
110
N/A

 
Withdrawal charges from an M-PESA agent:

Minimum     Ksh.
Max   Ksh.
Charges for withdrawal from M-PESA Agent Ksh.

10
49
N/A

50
100
10

101
500
27

501
1,000
27

1,001
1,500
27

1,501
2,500
27

2,501
3,500
49

3,501
5,000
66

5,001
7,500
82

7,501
10,000
110

10,001
15,001
159

15,001
20,000
176

20,001
25,000
187

25,001
30,000
187

30,001
35,000
187

35,001
40,000
275

40,001
45,000
275

45,001
50,000
275

50,001
70,000
330

 
Withdrawal  charges (from an ATM)

Minimum
Max
ATM Withdrawal fees:

200
2,500
33

2,501
5,000
66

5,001
10,000
110

10,001
20,000
193

(Learn how to withdraw money from an equity ATM on The Timpata here: http://www.thetimpata.com/2010/04/09/withdrawing-money-from-m-pesa-at-equity-bank-atms/ )
 
Charges for other transactions:

Other Transactions
Ksh.

All Deposits
Free

M-PESA Registration
Free

Buying Airtime though M-PESA
Free

M-PESA Balance enquiry
1

Change M-PESA …

We shall update this post as soon as the results are released for the November – December 2012 sitting for Professional examinations. Please see updates below:
<<Update 1:  8th Feb 2013: 23:37>> Please note that you shall be required to open a student in the KASNEB website, from which you shall be able to access your results online as soon as they are released. As a the time of this update, the results have not been released.
Please read on The Timpata how to create an online account both for existing and …