Vodacom: Mamilioni wameacha kutumia M-Mpesa hasa vijijini, ni hatari kwa biashara yetu

[Sir_Mimi]

kwa hiyo suala la tozo limegoma kuzoeleka mpaka baadhi ya watu wameamua kuacha kutumia

Siyo baadhi wengi tumeacha kutumia tumehamia bank tu,acha waparurane waje kuamka sisi tuko mbali.

 

[dndagula]

CCM tunaupiga mwingi. Bunge limepitisha sheria kisha Mama akasaini. Wananchi wamegomea sasa inabidi bunge liitwe kwa dharura lifute hiyo sheria.
Mwigulu na Majaliwa wakifuta hiyo sheria bila kuitisha bunge tutajua hatuna bunge bali kikao cha wa.huni!

Hakuna kuitisha bunge hapo kwa vile sheria haifutwi ila waziri abadilishe kanuni na shedule ya viwango zipungue. Basi tuendelee kuchangia kidogo kidogo.

 

[Dr Dre]

wanakwambia watazoea tu na mambo yatakuwa kama kawaida [emoji3]

 

[James H]

Four days after the Electronic and Postal Communication Act (CAP 306) came into effect, the Tanzania Mobile Network Operators Association (Tamnoa) has said the business has dropped drastically, therefore asking government to amend the new charges.

In efforts to raise its revenue collections by Sh1.254 trillion to partly fund the Sh36.68 trillion budget for the 2021/22 financial year, the government last month amended the Electronic and Postal Communication Act (CAP 306) by imposing a levy on all mobile money transactions, depending on the amount sent and withdrawn.

Calling it as ‘Patriotism Levy’, Finance and Planning minister Mwigulu Nchemba said it was important that every Tanzanian took part in it.
“With this levy, we seek to boost the government’s funds so we can take care of our pressing needs. We have schools that do not have running water. Apart from cholera, there is also the global Covid-19 pandemic that requires hand washing. The money will be paid through mobile money transactions,” he said an interview a few days before the new law came into effect.

Tamnoa chairman, Hisham Hendi who is also the CEO of Vodacom Tanzania Plc said millions of customers had stopped using their services, especially those in rural areas, due to rising costs which threatened their businesses.

“Customers complain a lot, especially in rural areas, although we continue to provide the best possible services, recognizing that mobile financial services are an important service to the community. We believe the Government will see this and take appropriate action because this tax affects business and hurts the people, ”said Hendi in a joint statement issued by Tamnoa.

Despite losing business, telecommunications companies providing financial services namely Vodacom (Mpesa), Tigo (Tigopesa), Airtel (Airtel Money), Halotel (Halopesa), Zantel (Eazypesa) and the Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTCL Pesa), said the tax reduces competition in the market as well as reduces the motivation to invest more.

In a bid to recover, Hendi said telecommunications companies will continue to engage the Government and Parliament to state their concerns which he believes will be worked out for the benefit of the nation.

He said they were taking such steps in the realization that the situation could worsen in the future, as the five days of the first deduction were not going well.

“Revenue has dropped drastically because consumers are not using our services as they were in the beginning. The situation is not good, “he said.

On tax equality, the Executive Director of the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPFS), Francis Nanai said the best tax system is the one that involves many people, with taxes being levied at smaller rates.

"The idea of introducing a transaction tax was a good thing but the rates charged are not friendly. TPSF we hear complaints but we believe nothing is impossible. The government should sit down with stakeholders to reconsider these standards and banks should not be left out of this. Due to technology, the phone is also a bank. There are people who borrow or keep savings on their phones,”said Nanai.

Listening to feedback from service providers, customers and agents of mobile financial services, the director said there was a need to conduct research to determine the most appropriate way to implement this tax.

What service providers say

In more or less similar vein, mobile money agents already claim that customers were blaming them for the steep charges, with some saying they were being short-changed.

In a recently interview with The Citizen an agent based at Tabata in the city, Mr Toni James, said some customers accuse him of scamming by deducting inordinately huge sums in money withdrawal transactions.

“The business is already dropping. Today (yesterday), people have not being using the mobile money transactions as they normally do in the recent past,” he lamented.

Ms Rahel Farahani said, “My business is a home-based bakery. I rely on network customers because I don’t have business premises. These deductions are going to seriously hurt my business - and I am considering to shift to another location from home.”

Ms Farahani also claimed that the government decision on the new charges will hurt people including self-employed women and youths.

The Citizen

Na bado

 

[Ego is the Enemy]

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Four days after the Electronic and Postal Communication Act (CAP 306) came into effect, the Tanzania Mobile Network Operators Association (Tamnoa) has said the business has dropped drastically, therefore asking government to amend the new charges.

In efforts to raise its revenue collections by Sh1.254 trillion to partly fund the Sh36.68 trillion budget for the 2021/22 financial year, the government last month amended the Electronic and Postal Communication Act (CAP 306) by imposing a levy on all mobile money transactions, depending on the amount sent and withdrawn.

Calling it as ‘Patriotism Levy’, Finance and Planning minister Mwigulu Nchemba said it was important that every Tanzanian took part in it.
“With this levy, we seek to boost the government’s funds so we can take care of our pressing needs. We have schools that do not have running water. Apart from cholera, there is also the global Covid-19 pandemic that requires hand washing. The money will be paid through mobile money transactions,” he said an interview a few days before the new law came into effect.

Tamnoa chairman, Hisham Hendi who is also the CEO of Vodacom Tanzania Plc said millions of customers had stopped using their services, especially those in rural areas, due to rising costs which threatened their businesses.

“Customers complain a lot, especially in rural areas, although we continue to provide the best possible services, recognizing that mobile financial services are an important service to the community. We believe the Government will see this and take appropriate action because this tax affects business and hurts the people, ”said Hendi in a joint statement issued by Tamnoa.

Despite losing business, telecommunications companies providing financial services namely Vodacom (Mpesa), Tigo (Tigopesa), Airtel (Airtel Money), Halotel (Halopesa), Zantel (Eazypesa) and the Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTCL Pesa), said the tax reduces competition in the market as well as reduces the motivation to invest more.

In a bid to recover, Hendi said telecommunications companies will continue to engage the Government and Parliament to state their concerns which he believes will be worked out for the benefit of the nation.

He said they were taking such steps in the realization that the situation could worsen in the future, as the five days of the first deduction were not going well.

“Revenue has dropped drastically because consumers are not using our services as they were in the beginning. The situation is not good, “he said.

On tax equality, the Executive Director of the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPFS), Francis Nanai said the best tax system is the one that involves many people, with taxes being levied at smaller rates.

"The idea of introducing a transaction tax was a good thing but the rates charged are not friendly. TPSF we hear complaints but we believe nothing is impossible. The government should sit down with stakeholders to reconsider these standards and banks should not be left out of this. Due to technology, the phone is also a bank. There are people who borrow or keep savings on their phones,”said Nanai.

Listening to feedback from service providers, customers and agents of mobile financial services, the director said there was a need to conduct research to determine the most appropriate way to implement this tax.

What service providers say

In more or less similar vein, mobile money agents already claim that customers were blaming them for the steep charges, with some saying they were being short-changed.

In a recently interview with The Citizen an agent based at Tabata in the city, Mr Toni James, said some customers accuse him of scamming by deducting inordinately huge sums in money withdrawal transactions.

“The business is already dropping. Today (yesterday), people have not being using the mobile money transactions as they normally do in the recent past,” he lamented.

Ms Rahel Farahani said, “My business is a home-based bakery. I rely on network customers because I don’t have business premises. These deductions are going to seriously hurt my business - and I am considering to shift to another location from home.”

Ms Farahani also claimed that the government decision on the new charges will hurt people including self-employed women and youths.

The Citizen

Tukikomaa ama tukisusia pia na wao wanapunguza pia yaani Bei ya makato hao wa mitandao pia.
Mana wao wameshabuni tayari program wamekaa tu wanakula.
Ila nachowahurumia ni mawakala wanalipwa pesa kiduchu kinouma muda si muda na wao wataanza kuisusia Kama hao voda wanajiona ni super star ama ni elite society. Ama Kama wao walitangulia kusoma na huku wengine wakicheza ngoma na kuchunga

 

[Black Sniper]

Tatizo sheria zetu huwa mtu anaamka na kufanya anachotaka

Uchumi my black @“₩
Mbona wenye akili huwa wanaongeza vijisenti tu na ukiwa ni mpango wa miaka kadhaa?

Sasa tamaa za kupata mattilioni kwa mkupuo zinawatokea puani

Mara nyingine wawe Wanaiga mataifa makubwa maana akili zao pekee hazisaidii

 

[simplemind]

Mzanzibari halipi Kodi kandamizi ya Tanganyika .Mzanzibari kugharamia ujenzi wa madarasa Tanganyika siyo haki.

 

[Hornet]

Binafsi leo nimepanda BOLT kupeleka marejesho.

 

[chakii]

Tatizo linatokana na wabunge wanaodhani wanaweza kuwaamulia wananchi kila jambo bila kuwashirikisha na kupokea mawazo yao kabla ya kufanya majumuisho bungeni.

Hii tozo waliyoweka ilikuwa ni wazo na mbunge mmoja ambaye alisuggest kiujumla. Wazo hilo lingeweza kuwa na manufaa kama wangeshirikisha wananchi, wafanyabiashara na wadau wa uchumi especially micro economy.

Sikutarajia kuona Mwigulu kama PhD holder wa mambo ya uchumi analichukua wazo la mbunge na kuweka tozo kwa haraka bila kuangalia tozo iwe wapi, kwa Kiwango gani na viwango viwekwe kwa kuangalia Hali halisi ya uchumi na mzunguko wa pesa kiujumla.

Pia nilitarajia Mwigulu angetoa maelezo ya sababu zilizowafanya kuweka viwango vya tozo na kwa nini mtumaji na mpokeaji wakatwe ingali hii ni levy tu hapo kodi imekatwa pia tena kwa wote.

Haiingii akilini mtu anayetoa 5000 akatwe pesa yote hiyo, wamekokotoa vipi kufikia hicho Kiwango? Wamemshirikisha nani? Laiti wangeangalia record ya viwango vya miamala wangetambua kwamba watu wengi wanatumia na kutoa pesa chini ya 50,000. Hii ukimkata hayo makato plus Kodi anabaki na na pesa ndogo sana ambayo unakuwa umemuonea sana.

Mie naona Mwigulu ameshindwa kusimamia na kumshauri Rais kwenye masuala ya uchumi, ni wakati sahihi aenguliwe kwenye hiyo nafasi amefamya mengi ya hovyo kwa muda mfupi sana.

Mwigulu akiachwa hapo atakuwa kama Kabudi alivyokuwa anamuingiza chaka Magufuli. Huyu sio wa kumchekea.

Mwigulu hapaswi kuwepo kwenye ofisi yoyote ya Umma

 

[chakii]

Hata hivo wanainchi niwa hovyo sana ikiifika uchaguzi hawafanyi maamzi sahihi wanaichagua tena ccm yaani wanachagua jambazi ndio awe mlinzi wa get dadeq

Tangu nchi iingie kwenye mfumo wa vyama vingi Ccm hawajawahi kushinda uchaguzi kwa HAKI, na hawatakaa washinde kwa Haki

 

[Babe la mji]

Huyu waziri wa Fedha hata Hekima Hana hivo kumpa hii wizara ni kumtafutia matatizo .Kwahilo anafaa kubebe lawama ni aliemteua .

 

[Sky Eclat]

Behaviourist police CCM hawajaitwa wawaweke ndani?

 

[Eng. Zezudu]

Makampuni haya yanaangalia sana maslahi yao tu kuliko jamii,mawakala wao hulipwa kamisheni ndogo sana ukilinganisha na makato wanayokuwa wamemkata mteja. Mfano ktk makato ya sh 1450 unakuta wakala analipwa si zaidi ya sh 200, kiasi kinachobi wanajua wao, wanailaumu Serikali ila wao ndo wanaona wanahaki yakuwapunja mawakala na selikali yaina haki yakupata gawio... Kama wanauchungu 1-wapunguze makato wao kwanza ili kuwavutia wateja,2-waongeze kamisheni ziwe kama zamani.Hapo ndo watakuwa nahaki yakulalamikia biashara kuwa mbaya. Bora niichangie serikaliyangu kuliko kumnufaisha mwenyekampuni.

Anzisha kampuni yako

 

[Patra31]

Hata hivo wanainchi niwa hovyo sana ikiifika uchaguzi hawafanyi maamzi sahihi wanaichagua tena ccm yaani wanachagua jambazi ndio awe mlinzi wa get dadeq

Et wanawaenzi wahenga waliosema "mchawi mpe mtoto akulelee" wanasahau kuwa anaweza kumla nyama na ukoswe wakukusaidia

 

[FUSO]

PhD za wanasiasa walio madarakani tena walizozipata katika vyuo vya ndani, zote zinawalakini.

Ben alihoji akapotea/potezwa

PII HECHI DIII ya Madelu nishaifuta rasmi...niya kimatangonpori..pori

Yaani Vodacom kawekeza kiasi kile ila wewe unamzidi hadi aliyewekeza...Madelu wewe ni mnomaa...!!

 

[Patra31]

Makampuni haya yanaangalia sana maslahi yao tu kuliko jamii,mawakala wao hulipwa kamisheni ndogo sana ukilinganisha na makato wanayokuwa wamemkata mteja. Mfano ktk makato ya sh 1450 unakuta wakala analipwa si zaidi ya sh 200, kiasi kinachobi wanajua wao, wanailaumu Serikali ila wao ndo wanaona wanahaki yakuwapunja mawakala na selikali yaina haki yakupata gawio... Kama wanauchungu 1-wapunguze makato wao kwanza ili kuwavutia wateja,2-waongeze kamisheni ziwe kama zamani.Hapo ndo watakuwa nahaki yakulalamikia biashara kuwa mbaya. Bora niichangie serikaliyangu kuliko kumnufaisha mwenyekampuni.

Kama vile kuna ukwel flan hiv ila umefikiria kuhusu gharama ya kukutunzia pesa zako?
Kwenye ela unayo katwa Tsh 1450 unajua kuwa kuna VAT?
Kumbuka hawana makato ya kila mwaka kama mabenk unaisi wao watanufaikaje? Unafaham kuwa nao wapo chin ya BOT kuna ada wanayo ilipia huko pia.

 

[Rogojin The Idiot]

Hilo suala liko wazi, hakuna mtu wa hali ya chini atathubutu kuweka hela yake mpesa achilia mbali kutuma.

Do we have many options though? Nafikiri wapunguze mapato. Bank hazifiki vijijini. Mobile money bado ndio muarobaini wa kutuma pesa vijijini

 

[Patra31]

Makampuni haya yanaangalia sana maslahi yao tu kuliko jamii,mawakala wao hulipwa kamisheni ndogo sana ukilinganisha na makato wanayokuwa wamemkata mteja. Mfano ktk makato ya sh 1450 unakuta wakala analipwa si zaidi ya sh 200, kiasi kinachobi wanajua wao, wanailaumu Serikali ila wao ndo wanaona wanahaki yakuwapunja mawakala na selikali yaina haki yakupata gawio... Kama wanauchungu 1-wapunguze makato wao kwanza ili kuwavutia wateja,2-waongeze kamisheni ziwe kama zamani.Hapo ndo watakuwa nahaki yakulalamikia biashara kuwa mbaya. Bora niichangie serikaliyangu kuliko kumnufaisha mwenyekampuni.

Kama vile kuna ukwel flan hiv ila umefikiria kuhusu gharama ya kukutunzia pesa zako?
Kwenye ela unayo katwa unajua kuwa humo ndani kuna VAT?
Kumbuka hawana makato ya kila mwaka kama mabenk unaisi wao watanufaikaje? Unafaham kuwa nao wapo chin ya BOT kuna ada wanayo ilipia huko pia.

 

[Lavit]

Do we have many options though? Nafikiri wapunguze mapato. Bank hazifiki vijijini. Mobile money bado ndio muarobaini wa kutuma pesa vijijini

Yah wapunguze hizo tozo, kwa namna zilivyowekwa ni kama adhabu...
Leo nimetuma 45k.. ada ya Mpesa 450 then tozo 1500, imagine tozo ni mara tatu ya ada ya mtoa huduma ambayo ndani yake ni VAT, sasa huu kama sio uporaji ni kitu gani tuite?

 

[Opportunity Cost]

Four days after the Electronic and Postal Communication Act (CAP 306) came into effect, the Tanzania Mobile Network Operators Association (Tamnoa) has said the business has dropped drastically, therefore asking government to amend the new charges.

In efforts to raise its revenue collections by Sh1.254 trillion to partly fund the Sh36.68 trillion budget for the 2021/22 financial year, the government last month amended the Electronic and Postal Communication Act (CAP 306) by imposing a levy on all mobile money transactions, depending on the amount sent and withdrawn.

Calling it as ‘Patriotism Levy’, Finance and Planning minister Mwigulu Nchemba said it was important that every Tanzanian took part in it.
“With this levy, we seek to boost the government’s funds so we can take care of our pressing needs. We have schools that do not have running water. Apart from cholera, there is also the global Covid-19 pandemic that requires hand washing. The money will be paid through mobile money transactions,” he said an interview a few days before the new law came into effect.

Tamnoa chairman, Hisham Hendi who is also the CEO of Vodacom Tanzania Plc said millions of customers had stopped using their services, especially those in rural areas, due to rising costs which threatened their businesses.

“Customers complain a lot, especially in rural areas, although we continue to provide the best possible services, recognizing that mobile financial services are an important service to the community. We believe the Government will see this and take appropriate action because this tax affects business and hurts the people, ”said Hendi in a joint statement issued by Tamnoa.

Despite losing business, telecommunications companies providing financial services namely Vodacom (Mpesa), Tigo (Tigopesa), Airtel (Airtel Money), Halotel (Halopesa), Zantel (Eazypesa) and the Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTCL Pesa), said the tax reduces competition in the market as well as reduces the motivation to invest more.

In a bid to recover, Hendi said telecommunications companies will continue to engage the Government and Parliament to state their concerns which he believes will be worked out for the benefit of the nation.

He said they were taking such steps in the realization that the situation could worsen in the future, as the five days of the first deduction were not going well.

“Revenue has dropped drastically because consumers are not using our services as they were in the beginning. The situation is not good, “he said.

On tax equality, the Executive Director of the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPFS), Francis Nanai said the best tax system is the one that involves many people, with taxes being levied at smaller rates.

"The idea of introducing a transaction tax was a good thing but the rates charged are not friendly. TPSF we hear complaints but we believe nothing is impossible. The government should sit down with stakeholders to reconsider these standards and banks should not be left out of this. Due to technology, the phone is also a bank. There are people who borrow or keep savings on their phones,”said Nanai.

Listening to feedback from service providers, customers and agents of mobile financial services, the director said there was a need to conduct research to determine the most appropriate way to implement this tax.

What service providers say

In more or less similar vein, mobile money agents already claim that customers were blaming them for the steep charges, with some saying they were being short-changed.

In a recently interview with The Citizen an agent based at Tabata in the city, Mr Toni James, said some customers accuse him of scamming by deducting inordinately huge sums in money withdrawal transactions.

“The business is already dropping. Today (yesterday), people have not being using the mobile money transactions as they normally do in the recent past,” he lamented.

Ms Rahel Farahani said, “My business is a home-based bakery. I rely on network customers because I don’t have business premises. These deductions are going to seriously hurt my business - and I am considering to shift to another location from home.”

Ms Farahani also claimed that the government decision on the new charges will hurt people including self-employed women and youths.

The Citizen

Hao Vodacom ni wapumbavu kwamba wao tuu ndio mtandao ambao watu wamekimbia?

Pili kwenye kila muamala makato wanayochukua kampuni za simu ni makubwa kuliko tozo za serikali,mbona wao hawatazami upya makato yao?

Mwisho hili likampuni limekuwa linaiba vifurushi na dkk zetu afu kampuni lenyewe Lina mavifurushi bei juu na tumekimbia kutumia kampuni hiyo afu saizi wanasingizia tozo, pumbavu sana.