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Techie loses Sh1.1bn pay in M-Pesa apps ownership row

Photo combination of Sam Wanjohi (left), founder Popote Innovations and Safaricom app.

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By  Joseph Wangui

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

A software developer has missed out on a substantial payday after the High Court reversed a Sh1.1 billion compensation for his ideas, which Safaricom partly used to develop two M-Pesa apps.

The High Court on Tuesday overturned the award to Samuel Wanjohi, through Popote Innovations, ruling that the techie lacked a signed contract with Safaricom to deserve the Sh1.1 billion payout.

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