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Woman behind the OKoa Stima concept

Safaricom's Julia Obura during the interview. The default portal for Safaricom customers to access their Kenya Power accounts now has over 300,000 registered customers. (PHOTO: BEVERLYNE MUSILI/STANDARD)

Has power supply ever gone off while you are taking a hot shower or in the middle of an interesting movie? And upon checking you discover that your tokens have run out and you don’t have cash to buy more. It is for this reason that Safaricom rolled out Okoa Stima, an initiative that offers a one-stop-shop for electricity needs.

The joint initiative by Kenya Power and Safaricom enables users to pay power bills, buy tokens and get an emergency power top-up, then pay later.

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