These are some of the advantages merchants get with till number

1)Once you pay with lipa na mpesa you can't reverse the transaction, only the merchant can authorise the reverse,
2) there is no limit how much money can be collected on a till number.
3) Cash handling is risky and expensive, money can be stolen by thugs or by fraudulent employees, mpesa provides a great alternative
4) a till number typically charges 1% of all money paid to it which is much cheaper than credit/debit cards which charge over 3% in most cases
5) customers spend more when paying via mpesa, since they typically have access to more money in mpesa than in cash
6) merchants get a nice portal where they can audit all payments in a computer and transfer the funds to a bank account, much easier than you can do if you receive the money on a regular mpesa line

Thanks for the explanation. Once again, it is not about one community. It is just that i found the transaction strange given that there was a till number available but the businessman requested that i transfer the money to his mobile money. This was not as bad as the pub experience where i was asked to withdraw cash from an agent.

Seems widespread. https://twitter.com/DrKa...182521407823069185?s=20

Hehehehe...Kenya is damned. The system is rotten to the core. Restoring discipline and adherence to rule of law among citizens has to be top government priority. Kenyans of goodwill should not cease to whistle blow. [u]If you see something, say

Fiscal discipline by treasury first

Name and shame. Start right here, right now.

[quote=Fyatu]I have noticed a trend when you ask to lipa-na-mpesa you are asked to either send the money to the shopowners line or in case of some pubs you are asked to withdraw money to an agent number provided by the waiter/bar tender.Funny enough is that these shops and pubs have paybill numbers.

And i am speaking about high-end shops huko Sarit, Garden city, Two-rivers etc owned by people of other races considered superior to Africans but not superior to Wazungus(i speak in code).

The pubs that are asking patrons to send money to an agent number as if they are withdrawing money have names of a noisy bird and are usually found at petrol stations formerly owned(minority owned) by @VVS and @Marehemu Totalman a.k.a The bull of Auckland.

Can Safaricom, KRA and DCI investigate this?

Name and shame, yet the same Gava officials will be bribed. You think they don't know, looks like you have never involved yourselves with business ventures. Everybody in the chain benefits.

I can only name the pub/chain of pubs. The Muhindi in the mall is now my buddy and actually confessed that things are hard hence if the customer don't ask for ETR they are very happy.

The chain of pubs i am talking about are usually found in Kenol/kobil petro stations and in some hoods like Umoja and Buru Buru. The pubs are named after a noisy bird with an awkward bill (hint hint)