New Fuliza Tariff

By Irene Nyanzi

 in Nairobi

Safaricom PLC has announced new changes in their overdraft Service, Fuliza.

In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, Safaricom, NCBA and KCB said they have reduced their daily charges on overdrafts by 40 percent.

“We have continued to assess the evolution of consumer behavior and economic conditions to identify ways in which we can further enhance the utility of our digital financial services,” Fuliza said in a statement.

Adding that; "Towards this end, we are introducing a new discounted tariff of up to 40% on Fuliza."

In the changes, borrowers between Sh101 to Sh500 will be charged a daily fee of Sh3, down from Sh5.

Any overdraft above Sh501 to Sh1, 000 will attract a daily fee of Sh6 down from Sh10.

The new tariff takes effect on October 1, 2022.

Fuliza further announced that overdrafts of less than Sh1, 000 will have a three-day waiver on daily fees.

The overdraft capped at Sh70, 000 will see those taking between Sh1, 001 to Sh1,500 Sh2 less in the daily charges down from Sh20. This will be a 10 percent discount.

Sh1, 501 to Sh2, 500 will have users pay Sh20 in daily fees, down from Sh25, representing a 20 percent discount.

Users who will overdraft Sh2, 501 to Sh70, 000 will also have a 16.7 percent discount. This will see users have a daily fee of Sh25 down from the initial Sh30

 Mutula Jnr roots for
 County Grants Bill

September 28, 2022

NAIROBI

By Anchor Reporter

 

 

A bill to facilitate the disbursement of funds from donors and development partners to counties is in the offing.

Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.

According to Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo, the County Grants Bill which was prepared in the last Senate and was never passed is to be fast tracked, leading to the creation of a law to help in the flaw of funds to counties from sources other than the national government.

In a dispatch, Mr Kilonzo said the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua had directed that the bill be published in the National Assembly as soon as it opens during an emergency meeting with all Governors that took place on Monday September 16, 2022 to seek ways to alleviate the current famine situation.

The meeting, chaired Mr Gachagua was attended by outgoing Cabinet Secretaries Margaret Kobia, Ukur Yattani and James Macharia.

The government has so far dispatched 23 trucks of foodstuff including rice and flour were later flagged off by President William Ruto.

Said Mr Kilonzo “While I was at the Senate in the last Parliament, we prepared the County Grants Bill which was never passed. As the Chairman of the Council of Governors Legal Affairs and Government relations committee I was tasked to work on the Grants bill to fruition. This will ease disbursement of funds to counties by donors and partners.

The relief food was sent to the 10 most affected counties in Kenya in the arid and semi-arid counties in Northern Kenya. CS Kobia confirmed that 29 more counties including Makueni will shortly receive the relief food as the Treasury CS was directed to make provisions for funds to support the initiative.

During the meeting, the governor proposed that the relief food be distributed with the assistance of Sub County administrators to curtail pilferage and ensure it gets to deserving residents.

 

Get out to the field,
Mutula orders Doctors 

WOTE: September 14th 2022

By Governor's Press Service

MAKUENI Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr has ordered more than 58 Senior Doctors out of their comfortable offices in Wote to offer services to wananchi in local health facilities.

Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.

They will work from the field to mark the County's Makueni Public Health Week. The medical officers will be required to routinely choose one or more health facilities in the county and camp there for the whole week offering specialized healthcare services.

The Public Health Week begins on Wednesday September 14, 2022 in Mbooni sub-county.

Directors and Medical Superintendents in the Health Services department will lead the campaign and monitor how health services and medicines are dispensed at the facilities.

Governor Mutula Jnr said the decision was borne from the realization that the county has a huge number of talented medical specialists whose services are not available to the residents.

He said it was pitiful that such specialists operate only from the county headquarters and in offices while residents are forced to seek services elsewhere at exorbitant costs.