Safaricom has gifted its M-Pesa customers with cash following the interruption of services experienced on Tuesday as a token of gratitude for its customers’ patience during the incident.

In a message seen by this writer to a Mpesa customer on Twitter, Safaricom awarded them with Kes 20.




“Thank you for your patience as we fixed the M-PESA service interruption recently. Please enjoy some cash back as a token of our gratitude. We appreciate you,” it stated.

M-Pesa was unavailable for several hours Tuesday due to what Safaricom attributed to scheduled maintenance.

Customers could not access the service for transactions on the M-Pesa app, USSD code, or SIM card tool, hampering businesses.

“M-PESA is undergoing scheduled maintenance,” read a message from Safaricom.