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!

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 …

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 …

M-Shwari allows you to own and operate a savings account on your phone. The savings account is available to all M-PESA users who activate MShwari accountt on their phone.
HOW TO ACTIVATE M-Shwari:

On M-PESA menu select ‘My Account’
Select ‘Update Menu’
Wait for the menu to update
Go back to M-PESA menu
Select M-Shwari Read and accept the terms and conditions.
You will then receive an SMS confirming your activation.

HOW TO DEPOSIT MONEY FROM M-PESA TO MSHWARI:

Go to ‘M-PESA’ menu and select ‘M-Shwari.
Select ‘Send to Bank.
Enter PIN.
Confirm the message displayed “send money to bank Kshs 2000″ …

1. Touch the welcome screen.
2. Select your airline of choice
3. Produce an identification
4. Answer the security question
5. Choose your  seat
6. Print your boarding pass
The kiosks are conveniently placed in the checkin areas at JKIA.

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.

Safaricom is soon expected to launch a new service Okoa SIM that will allow its customers to backup all the data on their SIM cards into the Safaricom cloud.
The service will come in handy in case you lose your mobile phone since your contacts will have been stored safe in with Safaricom.
Information on this new service is still scanty but The Timpata shall update this post as soon as we get it and as soon as the product is rolled out to Safaricom subscribers.
UPDATING……
<<UPDATE 1>>
How it works for Non Data …

You can have you prepaid meter display its meter number.
You will need a pen and paper ready at hand, then press 100 and press ‘Enter’ on the meter.
The prepaid meter will display your meter number, scrolling automatically from right to left. The display will repeat one more time so you can confirm the number as you wrote it.
Other short codes are:
004 + ENTER – Displays cumulative KWH consumed
007 + ENTER – Displays the maximum power limit setting.

It is now possible to join two separate PDF file into one file or do the opposite!
All you need is to download a simple software that is available online and for free.  You can get it by clicking  here  
Once you download and install it, all you need is select from the tabs, what you wish to do i.e either split or Merge PDF files.
To SPLIT -

Select SPLIT and click on (+) sign on the right of the window, you shall be prompted to select the PDF file that you …