The media as usual is misinforming the public and causing unnecessary panic. The important shutdown will be from 11pm Saturday to 8am Sunday. 9 hours not 48 hours.
Safaricom wrote:We wish to notify our customers that as part of our commitment to consistently improve customer experience on M-PESA, we have a scheduled maintenance that will affect services as listed below:
Friday – 10th April, 2015
Services NOT AVAILABLE from 11pm FRIDAY 10th April, 2015
M-PESA PIN change
Registration of new M-Shwari and M-Kesho customers
New M-PESA customer registration
Issuance of M-PESA PIN’s
M-PESA customer account activation after SIM registration
Services AVAILABLE until 11pm Saturday 11th April, 2015
Deposit money at Agent outlet
Send money
Withdrawal of cash at Agent outlet or ATM
Lipa Na M-PESA (Pay Bill and Buy Goods)
M-PESA Balance enquiry
Bank to M-PESA and M-PESA to Bank
All M-Shwari services for customers with an account
Purchase of airtime
International Money Transfer (IMT)
Saturday & Sunday
All M-PESA services will NOT be available from 11pm Saturday 11th April, 2015.
All services will resume on Sunday 12th April, 2015 at 8am
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused.
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http://www.safaricom.co....-pesa-under-maintenance/All my friends are heathens, take it slow. Wait for them to ask you who you know. Please don't make any sudden moves.