Three Wed meetings at NTSA and its now clear to my mind its the Matatu Owners pushing for this. They are actually excited of the solution due to the fact that they have been losing money to Mungiki, Makangas and such others. And its all systems go. If there is an innovative Wazuan in the house, with plans to make some money in future, come up with a system that does the following:
1. NFC enabled for ease of payments.
2. Must not lock commuters to your system. Inter-operability. Gadgets installed must be able to accept payments from other users. Eg if its a POS that is being by used by a branded card, its should be able to accept a different card issued by a different user.
3. Must allow refund process
4. Should be initiated by the merchant. That is why Lipa na Mpesa will have to re-engineer their systems.
5. A few more...will upload all once they are finalised and if I will still make it to the meetings to listen in.
The rules are still being discussed. They are meant at achieving a level-playing ground. The commuter MUST not be inconvinienced. Its all systems go.