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Safaricom has announced that some of its services will be unavailable for one hour today.

Safaricom has announced that some of its services will be unavailable for one hour on Sunday, June 11 due to network maintenance. 

The telecommunication giant in a statement on Saturday, June 10 said the services will be affected from 11:00 pm to 11:59 pm. 

“To support even more innovations and growth in customer demand for our services, we will be carrying out planned network maintenance on the evening of Sunday 11th June 2023, from 11:00 PM to 11:59 PM,” the statement read in part.

The services that will be affected include; Lipa Na M-PESA PayBill and Buy Goods, M-PESA Business to Customer-B2C, Business to Business-B2B, USSD Services including *100# and *200#, Daraja Portal and all M-PESA API's.

File image of Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa

Others are M-PESA organization Portal, Dealer portal, Lipa Na M-PESA portal, International Money Transfers (Western Union) and M-PESA Global, M-PESA App and Safaricom App, M-Shwari, KCB M-PESA and M-Kesho, Pinless Top-up and loT services.

The company however noted that all other services will be available for customers as usual.

“All other services including calls, data and SMS, and all other M-PESA services will be available as usual. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your support in maintaining our position as the country's leading provider,” Safaricom added.