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Over 13,000 sugarcane cutters in Mumias Sugar zone will start receiving their pay electronically following a deal between Mumias Sugar Company, Family Bank and mobile phone money transfer service providers
Acting harvesting and transport manager Mr Franklin Maguge said the firm was considering the possibility of extending the programme to cover other casual workers in the next one month.
He said that by paying them through M-pesa and Zap, beneficiaries would receive their money conveniently and timely compared to the old system where it took several weeks for the payment to be processed manually because of logistics involved.
In its pilot stage
“We project to have paid the cane cutters over Sh39 million by March this year with the help of the new technology currently in its pilot stage,” said Mr Maguga.
The services will be also extended to cover sugarcane cutters National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) medical scheme monthly remittances to make it easy for them to pay without going through hectic process.
The sugar milling firm in collaboration with Safaricom and Airtel mobile phone services providers and Family bank is also making arrangements to have the cutters provided with mobile phones at a subsidised loan for efficient running of the programme.