Raila is Such a liar Cord-led teachers fund drive gets Sh100,409
Cord leader Raila Odinga (left) Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua (centre) and Nairobi Deputy Governor Jonathan Mueke at Uhuru Park grounds during a rally on teachers pay rise on September 23, 2015. PHOTO | RAPHAEL NJOROGE|
By DAVID HERBLING
Posted Thursday, September 24 2015 at 13:51
Posted Thursday, September 24 2015 at 13:51
IN SUMMARY
- The M-Pesa paybill account number 672672 was registered on September 23, 2015 by opposition party ODM through its executive director Oduor Ong’wen, records from Safaricom show.
- The initiative comes after several successful mobile-based fundraising campaigns.
An initiative by the opposition Cord coalition leader Raila Odinga has so far collected Sh100,409 from the public through a mobile money account meant to raise funds for Kenya’s striking teachers, Safaricom has disclosed.
The listed telco said the M-Pesa account dubbed ‘Solidarity Account’ had raised the amount as at 12.30 pm today.
Mr Odinga yesterday announced he had deposited Sh100,000 in the M-Pesa account.
Mr Odinga yesterday announced he had deposited Sh100,000 in the M-Pesa account.
The initiative comes after several successful mobile-based fundraising campaigns.
Kenyans in August raised Sh6.1 million through mobile money to help Emmanuel Jadudi undergo a brain tumor surgery in India.
More than Sh664 million was raised in 2011 in a fundraiser dubbed ‘Kenyans for Kenya’ to provide food supplies and long-term solutions to famine that had ravaged the Turkana region and northern Kenya.
The M-Pesa paybill account number 672672 was registered on September 23, 2015 by opposition party ODM through its executive director Oduor Ong’wen, records from Safaricom show.
Funds raised through the mobile platform will be given to teachers who may not receive their September salaries, said the opposition Cord.
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