By EDWIN OKOTH More by this AuthorHouseholds struggling under Covid-19 pandemic-driven economic slowdown can now use Safaricom Bonga points to settle electricity bills. POWER BILLS“We have entered into a partnership with Safaricom through which our customers will be able to pay for power through Bonga Points. Last month, Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter revealed that more than 600,000 customers or at least 8.7 per cent had defaulted on their power bills, costing Kenya Power some Sh3.9 billion in unpaid bills. The move to use bonga points will also help Safricom reduce the loyalty awards backlog that had hit Sh3.94 billion in the year to March 2020, up from the previous year’s Sh3.85 billion. The power purchase provision now adds to the telco’s various channels for customers to use the resource such as paying for air tickets, shopping, fuelling cars and even repaying education loans.

Source: Daily Nation July 24, 2020 08:48 UTC