M-PESA Global Customer Service Terms & Conditions

This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to your participation in Safaricom Money Transfer Services Limited’s(Safaricom or SMTSL) International Money Remittance Service and should be read together with the M-PESA Terms and conditions entered into between you and Safaricom Limited of P.O. Box 66827 Westlands, Nairobi – 00800. These terms and conditions take effect on the date of publication. By participating in or continuing to use the Remittance services you shall be deemed to be making an affirmative statement of your acceptance of these terms and conditions.

1. Definitions

“Account” means your M-PESA Account, being the record maintained by us of the amount of E-Money from time to time held by you and represented by an equivalent amount of cash held by the Trustee on your behalf;

“Beneficiary” means a person designated by a Sender as the intended recipient of a Remittance Amount;

“Beneficiary State” means the State in which the Beneficiary is located;

“Cash” means the lawful currency of the Republic of Kenya;

“Cash Merchant” means a person appointed to offer M-PESA registration, cash in and cash out Services and includes participating ATM networks, further details of which may be obtained from Safaricom;

"E Money” means the electronic monetary value depicted in your M-PESA Account representing an equal amount of Cash held by the Trustee and which may be redeemed through an M-PESA Cash Merchant for an equal amount of Cash;

“Foreign National” means a person who is not a citizen of Kenya irrespective of whether the person is permanently resident in Kenya.

“Funds-in Method” means a method by which a Participant provides funds through M-PESA for use in connection with the Remittance Services.

“Funds-out Method” means a method by which a Beneficiary may obtain access to funds from the Third Party International Money Remittance Provider in connection with the Remittance Services.

“Log Book” means the book maintained by the Cash Merchant in which all Transactions are recorded and which serves as conclusive evidence of the successful completion of those Transactions;

“Manager” means a person who is legally authorized to access funds in your M-PESA account in the event of your permanent disability;

“International Money Transfer Services” or “Remittance Services” means the transfer of funds from a Sender to a Beneficiary in a destination country using the Remittance Services that is enabled and paid out through the third party Company Services;

“M-PESA System” or “M-PESA” means the system operated by Safaricom providing the Money Transfer Services;

“Network” means the Global System for Mobile Telecommunication (“GSM”) system operated by Safaricom and covering those areas within the Republic of Kenya as stipulated from time to time by us;

“Outlet Operator” means the assistant attending to you at a Cash Merchant Outlet;

“Outlet” means any shop, unit or other retail premises or portion thereof operated by an Cash Merchant;

“Participant” or “User” means any person that participates in the M-PESA System by using the MPESA Services to send or receive money and includes any person that facilitates the redemption of E-Money;

“PIN” means your personal identification number being the password you choose to access and operate your Account and includes the one-time 4-digit PIN sent to you on registration for the purpose of activating your Account;

“Pre-paid Airtime” means mobile phone calling credit on Safaricom’s Network;

“Rate” means the number of units of Remittance Currency to be exchanged for each unit of Sender Currency;

“Registration Form” means the registration form containing registration details and your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions;

“Remittance Amount” means, with respect to a Remittance services, an amount equal to the product of: the Sender Amount, multiplied by the Rate disclosed to the Sender at the time the Remittance is confirmed by the Sender and the Sender initiates payment;

“Remittance Currency” means, with respect to a Remittance, the Currency in which the Remittance Amount is to be provided to the designated Beneficiary;

“Secret Word” means the secret password allocated to you upon activation of your M-PESA Account by keying in the PIN;

“Sender” means a User who initiates a Remittance to a Beneficiary through M-PESA;

“SIM Card” means the subscriber identity module which when used with the appropriate mobile phone equipment enables you to use the M-PESA Services;

“SMS” means a short messaging service that enables the transmission of text messages from one mobile phone to another;

“Successor” means a person who is legally authorised to access funds in your M-PESA account in the event of your death;

“Third Party Payout Provider” means an authorized third party company that Safaricom has contracted with to disburse a Remittance Amount to the Beneficiary. ;

“Transaction” means the movement of money in to, or out of your M-PESA Account;

“Trustee” means the M-PESA Holding Company Limited;

“Trust Deed” means together the Declaration of Trust dated 23rd January 2007, the Amendment Deed dated 19th June 2008, the second Amendment Deed dated 20th July 2020 and any further amendments executed by the Trustee and Safaricom constituting the trusts under which the Trustee holds all amounts of cash received for your Account in trust for you upon the terms and conditions therein specified. These documents are available for inspection at https://www.safaricom.co.ke/personal/m-pesa/m-pesa-legal

“You” or “your” means the M-PESA Customer who has registered to use the M-PESA Service;

“Us” or “We” means Safaricom Money Transfer Services Limited and where the context permits, includes Safaricom Plc and SMTSL’s affiliates.

2. Service Description

2.1. Safaricom Money Transfer Services Limited operates the Remittance Service that allows you to send and receive money to a Beneficiary through your registered mobile phone and in partnership with third party international money remittance providers.

2.2. Remittance Services are available to all Safaricom subscribers who are registered for both M-PESA and the Remittance Services and upon acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

2.3. By initiating a Remittance Transaction from an M-PESA Account, You (i) affirm You are the owner of the Account and have authority to initiate the Transaction and (ii) authorize Safaricom to initiate electronic debits and credits to Your Account to process and correct errors or if a transaction cannot be completed.

2.4. The Beneficiary’s agreement with the third-party international money remittance providers governs Receiver's rights, liabilities and fees (including fees to transfer cash out of an Account), and the third party provider may impose its own restrictions regarding funds availability, limits that may be transferred to or held in an Account, hours of operations, holidays or other limitations. In most cases, Beneficiaries must be enrolled in the Account program to receive such a transfer.

2.5. By registering to use the Remittance Services you agree to these Terms and Conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”), which shall form a legally binding agreement between you and us.

2.6. We may in our absolute discretion refuse to register or revoke the registration of any person.

2.7. All Transactions shall be denominated in Kenya Shillings. The M-PESA System may not recognize any monetary value depicted as Cents. You hereby agree to round off any Transaction value to the nearest Kenya Shilling.

2.8. Your Cash represented as E-Money is held in trust for you by the Trustee by virtue of the Trust Deed under which the Trustee declared itself trustee of the moneys held for you in the Account and other Participants as beneficiaries in accordance with the trusts declared by the Trust Deed. By participating in and/or continuing to use the M-PESA Services you acknowledge the sufficiency of the Trust Deed as creating a valid trust over funds held by the Trustee on your behalf upon the terms therein specified.

2.9. You acknowledge that the Trustee may treat the records of the M-PESA System as conclusive evidence of the amount of E-Money at any time standing to the credit of your Account and the Trustee is not bound to make any independent investigation of your beneficial entitlement to the Cash held in trust.

2.10. Subject to the prescribed Transaction limits and the provisions of these Terms and Conditions, the balance of your M-PESA account is redeemable at any time and shall be disposed of only in accordance with your instructions given via the M-PESA System.

2.11. You acknowledge that M-PESA is neither a bank nor a deposit-taking institution.

2.12. The Remittance Transactions will be subject to all charges applicable to the M-PESA service as set forth in a separate fee schedule available at Cash Merchant outlets or as may be published from time to time by Safaricom and are subject to change at any time at Safaricom’s sole discretion.

3. Account Opening and Maintenance

3.1. The following conditions must be met before registering for money remittance services in your name:

3.1.1. You must be at least 18 years old with capacity to enter into contracts.

3.1.2. You must have an M-PESA enabled SIM card through which you may access the M-PESA services. If your SIM card is not M-PESA enabled, you may swap it at a nominal fee for one that is M-PESA enabled.

3.1.3. You must be registered as a Safaricom Subscriber and an M-PESA User.

3.1.4. You must opt into the Money Remittance Services.

3.1.5. You must not provide any false, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading information.

3.2. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, a person with Parental Authority may open and maintain an account in their name for and on
behalf of a minor. For purposes of this agreement, a person with Parental Authority shall include the birth parents of a minor, legal guardian, school-master or other person who can demonstrate legitimate authority over the minor’s affairs.

3.3. You are responsible for ensuring that your registration details are maintained up to date.

3.4. We may reject your application at our discretion if any of the account opening requirements are not met or if you fail to provide us with satisfactory proof of identification.

3.5. Safaricom reserves the right to request further information pertaining to your account at any time failure to which may result in limitation on usage of the M-PESA Service, suspension or termination of the account.

3.6. You must not maintain more than two M-PESA Accounts. If at the time of commencement of these Terms and Conditions you maintain more than two or more M-PESA account, Safaricom shall reserve the right to migrate one account to the next tier requiring enhanced due diligence (including the submission by you of additional documentation as may be required) and may require you to close off any extra accounts.

3.7. No interest will be paid on any funds held in your M-PESA Account.

3.8. Subject to our due diligence and vetting, you may obtain an official statement of your M-PESA Account from any Safaricom retail centre for which you may be charged a fee. An official statement of account shall be conclusive evidence of the Transactions carried out on your M-PESA Account during the period covered in the statement.

3.9. For the avoidance of doubt, Safaricom shall not be obliged to adduce evidence in any civil or criminal court in relation to the contents of any statement obtained from a retail centre pursuant to this clause.

4. Privacy 

Collection of information

4.1. We are required by law to collect certain personal information and are legally obligated to deny you the service if such information is not availed.

4.2. Apart from the legal obligation mentioned above, we also need to collect your Personal Information for quality service delivery. Please note that although this is voluntary, without such information we may not be able to provide quality service.

Privacy

4.3. We are committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of the information we collect from you. Our privacy statement, as updated from time to time, explains how we treat your personal information, who we share your information with and measures taken protect your privacy when you use our Service. This can be found on Safaricom Data Privacy Statement . If unable to access the link or our website, please reach us on any of our customer care channels to receive a copy.

Minors

4.4. When onboarding a minor a person with parental authority may open and maintain an account in their name for and on behalf of the minor. For purposes of this agreement, a person with Parental Authority shall include the birth parents of a minor, legal guardian or other person who can demonstrate legitimate authority over the minor’s affairs.

Your rights

4.5. Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

4.6. Websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

5. Account Usage

5.1. We do not warrant that all functionalities shall be available at all times and may withdraw any functionality or the Remittance Service in general as a direct result of new or amended legislation, statutory instrument, Government regulations or policy or any other compelling reason.

5.2. We may provide additional functionality on the Remittance Services menu following integration with platforms of financial institutions and other entities providing you with specified services. Such functionality may give you limited access to platforms of the financial institutions or other entities. By using such functionality to gain access to other platforms, you hereby agree to indemnify us against, and hold us harmless from any losses arising from your access to such external platforms.

5.3. In the event of any review of our business planning, technical, public interest or operational reasons, changes within the industry, recommendations from regulatory bodies or similar events, we may vary these Terms and Conditions or policies affecting usage and shall notify you of such changes through appropriate means. Your continued use of the Remittance Service shall be deemed to be your acceptance of all such varied terms and conditions or polices.

6. M-PESA Access Responsibility

6.1. Access to the Remittance Services is PIN protected. You hereby agree to guard your PIN and not to disclose it to any third party including M-PESA Outlet Operators, Safaricom staff or any person purporting to have authority to ask for it.

6.2. You acknowledge that you shall be solely responsible for the security of your PIN and Secret Word. We shall not be liable for any disclosure of your PIN to any third party and you hereby agree to hold us harmless from any losses that result from any PIN disclosure.

6.3. You are responsible for all instructions given to Safaricom in relation to your M-PESA/Money Remittance Account.

6.4. We shall deem each correct PIN entry as being performed by the legitimate owner of the M-PESA account and shall regard all subsequent Transactions as validly performed by you.

7. Loading E-Money as Sender(Funds In Method)

7.1. You as the Sender may load E-Money into your MPESA Account only and not directly into another MPESA participant’s MPESA Account.

7.2. In order to load E-Money, you must complete the information requested, including passing the identity and security validation and verification procedures to ascertain that you are the owner of the account and then hand over Cash equivalent to the E-Money sought to be loaded to the M-PESA Cash Merchant.

7.3. After handing over the Cash to the M-PESA Cash Merchant, you must ensure that you sign the Log Book which will serve as conclusive evidence that you have successfully completed the deposit Transaction.

7.4. Safaricom reserves the right to prescribe Transaction limits and may allocate some M-PESA Accounts with higher or lower limits.

8. Sender Transfer of Remittance Amount (Funds In Method)

8.1. Transaction limits and charges as prescribed by Safaricom shall apply each time you send the Remittance Amount to the Beneficiary.

8.2. Your Transaction request will not be completed:

8.2.1. If you have insufficient funds in your M-PESA Account to complete a Transaction or to cover the charges for a Transaction;

8.2.2. If you have reached the maximum Account balance limit prescribed by Safaricom;

8.2.3. If you have reached the daily limit prescribed by Safaricom;

8.2.4. If your Account has been temporarily suspended or permanently frozen on valid grounds;

8.2.5. If there is any other compelling reasons such as temporary system delay or outage.

8.3. You may send the Remittance Amount to any Beneficiary where there is a Third Party International Money Remittance Provider.

8.4. If the funds in your M-PESA Account is not sufficient to carry out your Transaction (including covering the Transaction cost) request in full, the Transaction will not be completed and no Remittance Amount will be debited from your MPESA Account.

8.5. Upon the successful initiation of the Send instructions for Remittance Amount to the Beneficiary, you will get a notification by SMS when the Remittance transaction has been completed.

8.6. Where we are unable to complete a transaction, you will be notified by SMS as to the reasons for not completing the transaction.

8.7. Each Transaction you undertake will be accompanied by a unique receipt number that will appear in the confirmation SMS sent to you and will include an updated balance of your Account. This receipt number may be used to track & identify the Transactions carried out on your Account and the SMS should therefore not be deleted if reliance on it will be required.

8.8. A Transaction once completed is final and irrevocable. As such, we shall not be under any compulsion to reverse any Transaction.

8.9. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to cancel or reverse a Transaction if reasonable grounds such as manifest error or fraud are shown and PROVIDED that the recipient has not redeemed the E-Money and the reversal claim is made within one (1) month of the erroneous Transaction date.

8.10. We will not be compelled to refund or compensate the sender if the Remittance Amount is sent to a Beneficiary mistakenly or in error or fraudulently or under duress and subsequently redeemed for Cash or otherwise spent by the recipient of the mistaken, erroneous or fraudulent Transaction and you hereby agree to hold us harmless for any losses arising from a mistaken, erroneous or fraudulent transfer of funds or any transfer of funds from your account effected under duress or under coercion or criminal force.

9. Beneficiary Receipt of Remittance Amount(Funds Out Method)

9.1. The Beneficiary of a Remittance Amount that is disbursed by a Third Party Payout Provider is governed by the Terms and Conditions that Beneficiary accepts with the Third Party Payout Provider. The agreement will govern the Beneficiary's rights, liabilities and fees (including fees to transfer cash out of an Account), and the Third Party Provider may impose its own restrictions regarding funds availability, limits that may be transferred to or held in an Account, hours of operations, holidays or other limitations.

9.2. The Sender may specify in the send instructions which funds out method is preferred.

10. Beneficiary Withdrawal (Redemption) of E-Money

10.1. Where you are the recipient of the Remittance amount, it will be received as E-Money on your MPESA Account and you may withdraw the Remittance amount through:

10.1.1. Cash Merchant Outlets: Upon passing the vetting requirements conducted by an Cash Merchant, you may withdraw your E-Money at participating Cash Merchant Outlets by accessing your Account and following the prompts on your phone’s M-PESA menu; however, any withdrawal Transaction must be initiated and completed within an Cash Merchant’s premises and you must ensure you sign the Log Book which will serve as conclusive evidence of the successful completion of the withdrawal Transaction.

10.1.2. ATM Outlets: You may withdraw your E-Money at participating ATM network Outlets at any time by accessing your M-PESA Account and following the prompts on your phone’s M-PESA menu. You will receive a one-time voucher which should be cashed at participating ATM networks within the prescribed timeframe. Failure to do so will cause the voucher received to expire.

10.2. We shall, subject to Transaction limits on the M-PESA System, process the requests you make immediately after being satisfied that the person making the redemption has passed all identity and security validation and verification procedures. In the event of a dispute over the redemption of the funds, it shall be sufficient for Safaricom to show a logical association between the Transaction and the verification of identity and/or security procedures conducted to ascertain identity of the person entitled to the funds.

10.3. Subject to any other provisions to the contrary, you will be charged a withdrawal fee each time you withdraw funds from your M-PESA account.

10.4. If you receive funds in error you acknowledge that you shall be obliged to return the funds to the sender failing which Safaricom may reverse the payment to the sender.

10.5. You may be liable to face prosecution for consuming or utilizing funds sent to you in error.

11. Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights in the M-PESA Service including the MPESA trademark are the property of Safaricom and/or its affiliates. Any unauthorized reproduction, modification, distribution or republication of M-PESA materials or intellectual property, without the express prior written consent of Safaricom and/or its affiliates is strictly prohibited.

12. Fees

12.1. You are responsible for the payment of all applicable fees. Safaricom publishes fees payable in information pamphlets, daily newspapers, Cash Merchant Outlets and on the Safaricom website. Safaricom’s Customer Care department will be on hand to assist you with the fee schedule if you are uncertain about the applicable fee.

12.2. All fees are deducted at source and are subject to change at any time at Safaricom’s sole discretion.

12.3. Fees payable on each Transaction will be deducted from your M-PESA Account at the completion of each Transaction. Your new balance on completion of the Transaction shall be notified to you by SMS.

12.4. Except as may otherwise be notified, fees are inclusive of all applicable taxes including Value Added Tax at the prevailing rate.

13. Suspension, Termination & Freezing

13.1. Safaricom reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend or terminate the agreement if you use the MPESA account for unauthorized purposes.

13.2. Your Account shall be suspended if you port your number to other networks or if your SIM has been inactive for a period of ninety (90) days or such other period as may be prescribed. In the event of account suspension for reasons of inactive SIM, Safaricom shall archive your Account and recycle the mobile telephone number associated with your Account as required by law. Money held to your credit shall not be lost by virtue of archiving your Account or recycling of your mobile telephone number and shall be availed to you upon notice by you of the activation of a new mobile telephone number.

13.3. You acknowledge that Safaricom may be compelled by law to suspend and/or freeze your Account or decline to execute your Transaction requests if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an Account has been or is being or may be used to receive or send funds in connection with any criminal or fraudulent activity.

13.4. You may request your Account to be closed at any time by giving written notice to Safaricom addressed to: MPESA Operations, Safaricom, P.O. Box 66827 Westlands, Nairobi - 00800, or delivered to M-PESA Operations, Safaricom House, Waiyaki Way, Westlands. Safaricom shall act on such instructions if, and only if, your account balance reads zero (0).

13.5. Safaricom may, at its discretion, close your Account at any time for any reason upon giving one (1) week’s notice to you and making reasonable attempts to reach you. In such circumstances, you shall be entitled to the balance of any funds remaining in your M-PESA Account.

13.6. Safaricom may send notices to you at any postal address provided by you or electronically by SMS to your mobile telephone number with which you registered on the M-PESA System.

13.7. This agreement terminates automatically upon the death of the Customer who has signed up for the M-PESA services.

14. Warranties, and Limitation of Liability

14.1. Safaricom will report any suspicious account activity to its Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO). The MLRO may escalate the suspicious activity to the relevant law enforcement authority.

14.2. Safaricom shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that all Transaction requests are processed in a timely manner. However, Safaricom makes no representations or warranties as to continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to the MPESA service, which may be affected by factors outside Safaricom’s control, or may be subject to periodic testing, repair, maintenance or upgrades.

14.3. Safaricom will not be responsible for any claim unless caused by willful default attributable to Safaricom. Safaricom specifically disclaims all liability for any damages or losses, including, without limitation, direct, indirect, consequential, special, incidental or punitive damages deemed or alleged to have resulted from or caused by but not limited
to:

14.3.1 Transactions made to unintended recipients or payments made in incorrect amounts due to the input of incorrect information by you;

14.3.2 Transactions made from your account by an unauthorized third party who passes all identity and verification checks;

14.3.3 any fraud, deception or misrepresentations by any MPESA Participant, whether or not the Participant has been verified,

14.3.4 any damages resulting from a recipient’s decision not to accept or record a Transaction made by you through the M-PESA system,

14.3.5 failure of any other telecommunications or data transmission system other than the M-PESA system;

14.3.6 Failure of receipt of the Remittance Amount on the Beneficiary’s end due to complications with the preferred Third Party International Money Remittance Provider;

14.3.7 any result of any acts of government or authority, any act of God or force majeure.

14.4. The limit of Safaricom’s liability shall not exceed the maximum Account balance limit for the time being in force for any single event or series of events.

14.5. You agree to indemnify and hold Safaricom harmless against any claim brought against Safaricom by a third party resulting from your breach of these Terms and Conditions.

14.6. FRAUD WARNING Do not transfer money to anyone who asks you to send them money:

14.6.1. For an emergency situation you haven’t confirmed.

14.6.2. For an online purchase.

14.6.3. For anti‐virus protection.

14.6.4. For a deposit or payment on a rental property.

14.6.5. To claim lottery or prize winnings.

14.6.6. To pay taxes.

14.6.7. For a donation to charity.

14.6.8. For a mystery shopping assignment.

14.6.9. For a job opportunity.

14.6.10. For a credit card or loan fee.

14.6.11. To resolve an immigration matter.

14.6.12. To pay for something in response to a telemarketing call. Telemarketers cannot sell you anything and take payment by money transfer from anyone in the U.S. It’s illegal.

14.6.13. If you transfer money, the person you’re sending it to, gets the money quickly. After the money is paid, Safaricom may not be able to give you a refund, even if you are the victim of fraud, except under limited circumstances.

14.6.14. If you believe that you are the victim of fraud, call Safaricom Hotline 234

15. Dispute Resolution and Governing Law

15.1. In case of any disputes, claims or to report Account discrepancies, you may contact Safaricom Customer Care on 100 for pre-pay or 200 for post pay.

15.2. In certain circumstances, we may provide for dispute resolution procedures that involve the Participating Retailer. You agree to abide by such procedures as may be advised by Safaricom or the participating Retailers from time to time.

15.3. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement that is not resolved by Safaricom Customer Care may be brought to the attention of the Safaricom Manager responsible for the operations of the M-PESA Services or such other officer as may be advised by us for resolution.

15.4. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement that is not resolved by the Safaricom Manager responsible for the operations of the M-PESA Services shall be referred to a Kenyan court of competent jurisdiction.

15.5. To the extent permissible by Law, the determination of the court shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto.

15.6. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to exclude any legally recognized dispute resolution body from receiving, hearing and determining the dispute.

15.7. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kenya.

16. Disclosure & Data Retention

16.1. In accordance to it’s the Privacy clause and its Privacy Policy, Safaricom may disclose any Transaction data or information pertaining to your M-PESA Account to any law enforcement, investigative or regulatory authority including without limitation the Kenya Police, Central Bank of Kenya, Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission, Kenya Revenue Authority or any competent Anti-Money Laundering authority for the purposes of any genuine enquiry or investigation or to any third party to which you have separately, either in writing or electronically through the M-PESA System or otherwise, authorized Safaricom to disclose Transaction data or information pertaining to you or your usage of Safaricom Products and Services, including your M-PESA account. Where there may be any consent issued to Safaricom to disclose information to any third party (not being a law enforcement, investigative or regulatory authority) pursuant to this clause, Safaricom acknowledges that it may be withdrawn at any time.

16.2. You acknowledge that where your Account is determined by a competent judicial authority as containing proceeds of any criminal or money laundering activities, Safaricom may be required by law to surrender funds in your account to any statutory fund created for the purpose of recovering the proceeds of crime.

16.3. Safaricom may retain your Transaction data for a period of up to seven (7) years or as may be required by any law or regulation.

17. Force Majeure

Neither Party shall be liable to the other Party for any delay or failure to perform its obligations under these Terms and Conditions as a result of revolution or other civil disorders; belligerent aggression by an enemy; strikes; lack of available resources from persons other than parties to this Agreement; labor disputes; electrical equipment or system availability delay or failure; fires; floods; acts of God; government or regulatory intervention; or, without limiting the foregoing, any other causes not within its control, and which by the exercise of reasonable diligence it is unable to prevent, whether of the class of causes hereinbefore enumerated or not. If such delay or failure continues for at least thirty (30) days then either Party may terminate their engagement by notice in writing to the other. Upon such termination all Cash held in trust for you in the M-PESA System shall be made good to you.

18. General

18.1. Using your personal M-PESA account to carry out M-PESA transactions on behalf of another person is prohibited and may expose you to criminal liability under the Proceeds of Crime & Anti-Money Laundering Act. You may not use, or permit the use of your M-PESA account to carry out any transactions on behalf of any other person.

18.2. You acknowledge that these Terms and Conditions including the provisions on privacy are subject to amendment, modification or variation from time to time if required by, or found to be in conflict with, applicable law or regulation or otherwise without affecting the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions.

18.3. These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede and replace any and all prior terms. In the event of inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and previous editions, this version will prevail.

18.4. These Terms and Conditions including the provisions on privacy may be amended by Safaricom from time to time as we introduce new functionalities. Such amended Terms and Conditions may be published in posters or pamphlets available at Cash Merchant Outlets, in the daily newspapers and/or on the Safaricom/M-PESA website from time to time and shall take effect immediately upon publication. Any update to the privacy terms will be available on the Safaricom website www.safaricom.co.ke and will take effect from the date of notification of the update

18.5. Safaricom’s failure to exercise or enforce any right under these Terms and Conditions shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such right nor shall it prevent Safaricom from exercising or enforcing the rights in question at any time.

18.6. You may not transfer any rights or obligations you may have under this Agreement without Safaricom’s prior written consent.

18.7. You must not use the M-PESA service for the receipt of or payment for goods or services that offend or circumvent any law including without limitation, narcotic drugs, firearms, obscene or pornographic material or services, participation in pyramid or Ponzi schemes, infringement of third party intellectual rights, running illegal or unauthorized lotteries, gaming or gambling, as well as material that is morally repugnant; incites violence or desires to cause harm; induces an unacceptable sense of fear or anxiety; encourages or incites any person to engage in dangerous practices or to use harmful substances; induces or promotes tribal, religious or racial disharmony; causes grave or widespread offence; or debases, degrades or demeans others.

18.8. Without prejudice to the provisions of clause 13.7, where Safaricom receives notification of the death or mental incapacity of an M-PESA user, Safaricom shall suspend all Account activity until satisfied that the relevant provisions of the Succession Act or the Mental Health Act (as the case may be) have been followed.

18.9. A person claiming access to funds by virtue of being a Successor (in the event of death) or Manager (in the event of permanent incapacity) shall, upon request by Safaricom, produce letters of administration/grant of probate (in the event of death) or a court order authorizing the person to manage the estate (in the event of permanent incapacity) or such other document as may be prescribed.

18.10. If the Courts appoint a Successor or Manager, as the case may be, Safaricom shall rely on such appointment of Successor or Manager in its decision to transmit funds held to the credit of your account to the Successor or Manager upon the event of your death or permanent incapacity (as the case may be).

18.11. You acknowledge that M-PESA Cash Merchants are independent contractors and Safaricom shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of M-PESA Cash Merchants.