Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has accused Safaricom of suspending the M-Pesa Paybill used by the Linda Mwananchi movement to collect public contributions. Sifuna made the claim on Thursday, July 23, 2026, shortly after the campaign reported raising hundreds of thousands of shillings from Kenyans through small donations. “@SafaricomPLC wamefunga paybill ya mwananchi after ‘orders from
Safaricom Plc’s Chief Financial Services Officer Esther Masese Waititu will step down effective August 1, ending a three-and-a-half-year tenure that helped reshape M-PESA’s financial services business and prompting fresh speculation about her next career move. The telecommunications company announced her departure this week, with Chief Executive Officer Peter Ndegwa thanking Waititu for her contribution to
The Kenyan government says the Ksh 244.5 billion it received from the sale of part of its Safaricom stake will be invested in long-term infrastructure projects through the National Infrastructure Fund. The money will not go into the government’s day-to-day budget. Instead, it will finance projects aimed at improving the country’s transport, energy, water and