- The Kenya Kwanza Alliance government has directed the University of Nairobi (UoN) staff and students to pay for meals using the centralised paybill number
- UoN sent out a memo a week ago to all employees and students outlining the procedures and guidelines for making the payments
- The most recent orders were issued a month after the government finished migrating all of its services to the e-Citizen platform
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University of Nairobi (UoN) students and employees who purchase meals from the campus’s cafeteria will be required to pay using the e-Citizen portal.
University of Nairobi workers and students will have to pay for meals using a centralised paybill. Photo: UoN.
This complies with a regulation issued by the Kenya Kwanza government to the university, requiring all payments to be made via the government’s online platform.
UoN sent out a memo to all employees and students a week ago outlining the procedures and guidelines for making the payments.
“The Kenyan government has mandated that all payments to the University of Nairobi be made via the e-Citizen platform. Complying with this directive, the university has established the required systems to enable clients to make payments through e-Citizen. To pay for services, please follow the instructions provided below,” the memo issued by the office of the vice chancellor read.
How UoN students will pay for meals
To pay, a user is advised to enter the outlet/live identifier in capital letters, followed by a hyphen and name (e.g., NUK1-name) as the account number, and then make the payment using paybill number 222222.
UoN provided additional payment information (outlet/live identifiers) for various kitchens. The directive applies to other Nairobi satellite campuses and the main campus’s kitchens.
The most recent orders were issued a month after the government finished migrating all of its services to the e-Citizen platform, where users must pay a fee to access government services.
Below KSh 199 – KSh 5.
Between KSh 200 and KSh 299 – KSh.10.
Between KSh 300 and KSh 499 – KSh 15.
Between KSh 500 and KSh 699 – KSh .20.
Between KSh 700 and KSh 999 – KSh. 25.
President William Ruto once disclosed that his government had embarked on a plan to digitise all government services.
Reactions are streaming even as students wonder if the cashless transaction policy will suffice in the robust university.
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