Huduma Namba: Will our M-Pesa money be safe?
Joyce Wanjiku Muchina displays her Huduma Namba card after receiving it from Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i at Kiambu County Commissioner's offices on November 18, 2020 during the launch of the Huduma Namba Card issuance to Kenyans.
What you need to know:
- The M-Pesa system works with national ID cards.
- Does it mean members of the public will register afresh using Huduma Namba?
Huduma Namba • The phasing out of the national identity card, which the government has announced will begin in a year's time to usher in the Huduma Namba raises a query Fidel Wangai hopes Safaricom will address. “The M-Pesa system works with our IDs. Does it mean we will register afresh using Huduma Namba and will our money in M-Pesa accounts be safe?” His contact is [email protected].
SGR notice • A 12-point Passenger Travel Notice in the Mombasa-Nairobi SGR train, James Mbogho notes, provides vital information. “Unfortunately, it’s littered with grammatical errors that obfuscate the message the notice is intended to convey. It also fails to reflect the high standard of English in Kenya and the overall image of the SGR.” His contact is [email protected].
Karen Hospital • After his sister, Mercy Karimi Omondi, of KRA, died of Covid-19 at Karen Hospital, Nairobi, on November 15, her family was left with a Sh2.5 million bill, says Muriithi Kīthīnji. They would later discover that her phone was missing. To date, not a word on the phone despite managers promising to look into it. Muriithi, whose contact is 0719494525 or [email protected], wants compensation.
Kawangware ‘bars’ • In the sprawling slums of Kawangware, west of Nairobi’s city centre, Alex Kiptanui reports, there’s a place called Congo, where brewing, selling and drinking of illicit drinks happens in broad daylight. This, he adds, is the case despite there being a police post a few metres away. “Why does the local administration turn a blind eye to the menace?” he asks. His contact is [email protected].
Festive season • As the festive season approaches, Paul Maina says, the merrymaking has already begun. “But this season will be different since we’re in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.” Even as he wishes all happy celebrations, Paul wonders why the birth of Jesus Christ is synonymous with consuming a lot of alcohol. “Can somebody enlighten me on this?” he pleads. His contact is [email protected].
Have a sober day, won’t you!
