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Authority plans common cashless PSV fare system
Public Service vehicles pick up passengers at the Kencom bus stop in Nairobi. The National Transport and Safety Authority is planning to integrate cashless fare payment systems. FILE
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) is considering integrating cashless fare payment systems from different service providers in the public transport sector.
A number of firms including Safaricom (Lipa na M-Pesa), Google in partnership with Equity (Beba pay), a Hong kong firm TapTopay that has partnered with the Kenya Bus Service (KBS) to pilot the pre-paid plastic called Abiria Card have introduced cashless payment methods ahead of a planned government ban on cash transactions on public transport from July.
