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[19 Feb 2013 | No Comment | ]
New M-PESA Charges effective February 2013

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

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[9 Feb 2013 | 95 Comments | ]
KASNEB; November – December 2012 CPA Exminations Results Online; CPA, CPS, CICT, CSIA; How to get your results online and by SMS

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 …

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[9 Feb 2013 | 45 Comments | ]
KASNEB website; How to create a student account online on the KASNEB website; step by step guide for new and existing KASNEB students

If you are a new or existing student with KASNEB, here is how to create an online account with KASNEB using KASNEB’s web application (software).
New Student Registration:

Click on the link to the KASNEB app here.
Click the link “Create Account”  See Image below

 You will be asked to select whether or not they have a KASNEB registration number
 Because you are a new student to KASNEB and have not been issued with a Student Registration number, Select the option “NO”. Otherwise if you are already registered as a student with KASNEB, you shall …

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[5 Feb 2013 | No Comment | ]

Your can now check the secondary school where a KCPE 2012 candidate has been admitted to online. Simply click on
this link: http://www.education.go.ke/results/searchadmin.aspx
KCPE 2012 candidates and parents can now also check the secondary school in which the candidate has been admitted to
through SMS.
Simply send an SMS with your full Index number ONLY to 4042.

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[28 Jan 2013 | No Comment | ]
IEBC Provisional results, Political parties provisional list of nominees

The provisional list of  nominee results for various parties is available on the IEBC website for these an other parties as follows:
The National Alliance (TNA) >>>Available here
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)  >>> Available here
Others >>>> Available here (Click on the letter matching the first latterof the party e.g “N” for Narc Kenya to filter through the files)
 
Please note that the lists are in PDF format and are quite huge in size.

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[28 Jan 2013 | No Comment | ]
IEBC Elections 2013; How to confirm Online and by SMS if you are a registered voter; confirm your polling station

Send an SMS with your ID card or passport number to 15872 for a confirmation or visit the IEBC website http://vote.iebc.or.ke and key in the same.
Your name, county, constituency, ward and station in which you are registered will be displayed.