USE THE BEBAPAY CARD TO PAY FOR YOUR FARE

Have you heard of the new digital Matatu payment method? The newest method for paying your bus fare in Kenyan matatus is Beba Pay. The BebaPay program resembles the usual  “credit card” that you can use to shop is “outlets”. In this case, the outlets are the buses and matatus whereby Nairobi city travelers can use the “soft” money to pay for their bus fare.

The Bebapay card payment program is an initiative of matatu/bus owners and Equity Bank Kenya to enable city dwellers to avoid cash payments while traversing Nairobi estates.  The Bebapay Card enables customers to pay for fare without worries of carrying cash, or forgetting your fare change with the tout. It also cushions you from unwarranted fare rises implied by touts on any particular day.

How To Get The Bebapay Card

To get the BebaPay card, you should visit a BebaPay agent either at Kencom house or participating Equity Bank Agents. After the registration, the agent will issue you with a will a BebaPay Card; a type of a credit card that can be swapped on a credit card reader.

To pay with BebaPay, you must have loaded your card with “credit” and must produce the card to the matatu at the point of payment. Once the “credit” on the card is exhausted you can always visit an equity bank agent where you will pay to top-up the card. You can only top-up your BebaPay Card to a maximum of Kes 10,000 at any one given time. You can read more on the Terms of Use of the card, other benefits and FAQs

Where Can You Use The Bebapay Card?

Initially, BebaPay was introduced to Citi Hoppa buses. However recently, the program has been rolled-out to other city carriers including the famous Githurai buses like Paradiso Buses, ZamZam buses, Unified Poa buses plying the Githurai 45 route among others. The program is also available to the KBS buses.  Other companies are slowly taking-up the program by enrolling selected buses as a means of speculating on the effectiveness of the program.

More customers are expected to embrace the method as a safer alternative to using cash. We only hope the programs runs successively and do not collapse like the earlier Smart Bus Credit Cards Method.