Safaricom House in Nairobi. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]The Communication Authority has raised queries over Safaricom's Masoko e-commerce platform.CA Director-General Francis Wangusi expressed concern that the platform could be in contravention of Safaricom’s licensing terms. “Operators can build the electronic platform that supports e-commerce as well as facilitate the financial payments. This is what I believe Safaricom have done and it is all within their license agreement. However, when it comes to the logistics of delivery of those services, they have no licence to do that since the only permit we have is a postal and courier one and to provide that service they will have to get a licence from us,” he said in an interview with The Standard.Safaricom last week launched Masoko, an e-commerce platform modelled on Amazon, which allows consumers and vendors to create accounts and trade in a wide array of goods and services electronically.

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