Nairobi, Jan. 16 -- Banks and mobile money operators have proceeded to levy fees for transferring cash between their platforms despite the existence of a temporary High Court order suspending the charges.

The interim order was issued on December 19, 2022, but fees on bank-to-mobile transactions resumed on January 1 and have continued nevertheless.

The case is scheduled to come up for further directions on January 23.

A spot check on Friday showed that Safaricom (the owner of the M-Pesa mobile money platform) and banks such as KCB and Equity were still charging customers amounts exceeding Sh100.

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