Telecommunications firm Safaricom Thursday said it was experiencing challenges with M-Pesa, mobile phone-based money transfer service, payments and micro-financing service.
The telco said its service was affecting its My Safaricom App. As a result, Mshwari and KCB M-Pesa services are currently unavailable.
“We are working to restore all services as soon as possible. As an alternative to the app, customers an continue to access M-Pesa services through the Sim Toolkit on your phone menu,” Safaricom said on Thursday.
“We are sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.”
i’m at the supermarket, card machines are not working, mpesa is not working. the lines are ridiculously long, i’m cramping and i will slap somebody just now 😭
— Haynii (@HaynayatJ) May 7, 2020
Update on M-PESA Services pic.twitter.com/XOHmAux9iV
— Safaricom PLC (@SafaricomPLC) May 7, 2020
As of December 2019, M-Shwari had attracted over 450,000 customers with the average lock savings being Ksh. 8,981 for an average of seven and a half months.
