6 services affected as Safaricom announces system maintenance

Giant telecommunication company Safaricom has announced planned system maintenance that is set to affect the rollout of key services.

Safaricom in a notice on Saturday said the system maintenance and upgrades will start from 10 pm this Saturday to 5 am Sunday, October 27, 2024.

"During this period, you may experience an interruption in the following services: all top-up airtime services, okoa jahazi services and all bundle purchases via airtime and M-Pesa," Safaricom said.

Other services to be affected are all subscription services, postpaid payments, Sambaza, Bonga and SIM Swaps.

"Other than for the services listed above. all other services, will remain available. We apologise for the inconvenience," Safaricom added.