Terms and conditions.
These terms and conditions summarizes the principle terms of the mobile credit facility by the
lender. Operation of the facility will require completion of the lenders prescribed
documentation from time to time, in accordance with the current practices of the lender.
GRANTING OF CREDIT FACILITIES
Liberty Afrika technologies Limited (herein referred to as “The Lender) may approve or
decline an application for the facility at its sole discretion. Nothing in the provision of the
clauses contained herein will prevent The Lender from declining to advance the facilities for
any reason whatsoever, including limitations, imposed upon The Lender by any law or
regulatory body. The Lender hereby retains the sole and absolute discretion to cancel any
approval of the facility.
HOW TO ACCESS THE FACILITY
Once the facility is approved by the lender, The Lender will notify the Applicant and provide
instructions on how to access the funding. The applicant (BORROWER) will access the facility
by sending an SMS to a short code provided by the lender. The applicant will receive
confirmation message and further communication through SMS.
CREDIT LIMIT APPROVAL
The lender shall only approve credit limits as per the Lenders Guidelines in line with the
Kenyan Law (Employment Act (Cap.229) or such amounts that the lender shall approve from
time to time. To protect The Lender, the Employee authorizes the Employer to deduct the full
amount shown on the statement, on or before the end of every month, clearly indicating the
amounts owing to the lender.
REPAYMENT (Salary Advance)
It is understood that the applicant shall repay the amounts requested and debited in the
applicants account plus the facility fee shown on the monthly statement submitted to the
Applicants employer by The Lender. The Employer shall through check-off, deduct from the
Applicants salary the full amount shown in such a statement. The applicant will qualify for the
following month’s loan facility when The Lender receives repayment from the Employer.
REPAYMENT (Instant Loan Facility)
It is understood that the applicant shall repay the amounts requested and debited in the
applicants account plus the facility fee, which accrues on a daily basis as shown on the
statement submitted to the Applicant. The applicant is required to submit the amounts as due
latest 2 (two) days after receipt of that month’s salary
REPAYMENT PERIOD (Salary Advance)
The facility shall be repayable within thirty days after receipt of the funds, or as the lender
shall advise, depending on the amounts borrowed. The Lender reserves the right to determine
the repayment period for the amounts borrowed.
REPAYMENT PERIOD (Instant Loan Facility)
The facility shall be repayable anytime the applicant wishes to, as long as it is within the
utilization period as agreed which runs between one payroll period to the other. The latest
agreeable day to settle this amounts will be the 2nd day after receipt of salary.
FEES
The Lenders fees shall be advised at the time of registration. The Salary advance facility will
bear a facility fee of 7% per month while the Instant Loan Facility will bear a facility fee
starting from 0.6% per day for the utilization period until the loan is cleared. The Lender
reserves the right to revise the fees chargeable, and notices shall be given to the Applicant
before the facility is processed and before any drawdowns are made.
OTHER CHARGES AND EXPENSES
The Applicant agrees that the lender may recover from the Applicant any costs fees,
penalties, over dues, and any other charges that might accrue from this facility.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.
The Applicant hereby consents to the receipt, sharing, provision and exchange of data with
credit reference bureau/rating agencies/Applicants employer/ licensed financial institutions
and/or the appointed agents of the lender and/or the lenders referees for such purpose as
The Lender deem appropriate or as may be required under any provision of law.
AUTHORIZATION.
The applicant hereby authorizes The Lender to instruct the Employer to make all deductions
for the amounts owing to The Lender at the end of every payroll month, for the duration of the
repayment period. This authorization shall remain in force as far as the Applicant has an
outstanding amount owing to The Lender.
VARIATION.
The Lender shall advise the Applicant of any change in fees, charges or any other fees by
notice through their employer, or by SMS alert. The applicant is deemed to have received
notification of change twenty-four (24) hours after release of such notice. CESSATION OF
EMPLOYMENT
The Applicant also agrees to notify The Lender in writing within seven (7) days of termination
of employment with current Employer for whatever reason.
The applicant shall notify the lender of any impending cessation of Employment within 48
hours of the Applicants knowledge of the impending Cessation.
INDEMNITY:
The Applicant agrees to full indemnify The Lender against all costs and expenses (including
legal fees) arising in any way in connection with the Applicants accounts, these terms and
conditions, or in recovering any amounts due to the lender or incurred by the Applicant in
any legal proceedings of whatever nature.
BREACH:
The Lender shall be entitled to terminate this agreement if the Applicant is in breach of
his/her obligations under the agreement provided that such termination shall be without
prejudice to any incurred rights and obligations either party may have against the other at
the time of termination. The Lender reserves the right to engage third party debt collectors to
recover any outstanding balance at the Applicants costs.
TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.
The Applicant can terminate the agreement at any time by writing to Liberty Afrika
Technologies Limited provided that there are no outstanding amounts owed to The Lender.
The Lender shall upon such notice to terminate assist the Applicant with the proper
termination documentation.
SOFTWARE.
All intellectual property inherent in the software and other solutions provided by The lender
under this agreement (including improvements and upgrades thereto) shall remain the sole
and exclusive property of The Lender. The Applicant hereby agrees not to interfere with, or
manipulate in any way the lenders software or systems.
NOTICES.
Any notices to be given for the purposes of this agreement shall either be delivered by text
message, or electronic mail to the last known contacts of the Applicant and with the
applicant being non-responsive, the provided contact of the proposed next of kin. Any such
notices shall be deemed to have been received twenty-four (24) hours after their dispatch.
GOVERNING LAW
The construction, validity and performance of this Agreement shall be governed in all
respects by the laws of Kenya. The Applicant irrevocably agrees for the exclusive benefit of
The Lender that the courts of the republic of Kenya shall have jurisdiction to hear and
determine any suit action or proceeding, and to settle any disputes, which may arise out of
or in connection with this agreement and for such purposes hereby irrevocably submits to the
jurisdiction of such courts.
VERIFICATION OF INFORMATION.
The Applicant hereby confirms that the Bank Account number & phone number provided to
the lender is owned by the Applicant, is in the Applicants control and any communication
from and to the said phone number is and shall be within the Applicants knowledge and
control. The Applicant hereby agrees and authorizes The Lender to obtain and/or verify
personal information and/ or data from relevant Bank & telecommunications service provider
and/or government agency pertaining to the Applicant and ownership of the Bank Account
& phone number provided to The Lender and any other phone number(s) that may be
registered under the Applicants name. The Applicant consents to disclosure by such Banks &
telecommunications service provider and/or government agency of such information and
subsequent reliance on the information by The Lender.
OKOA WALLET TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Okoa wallet is a virtual account created by Liberty Afrika Technologies for end users to hold
and or transfer funds to third party service providers in form of mobile money or bank
transfers.
USERNAME AND PASSWORD INFORMATION:
You are responsible for:
(a) maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password,
(b) any and all transactions by persons that you give access to or that otherwise use such
username or password,
(c) any and all consequences of use or misuse of your username and password. You agree
to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your username or password or any other
breach of security regarding the Services of which you have knowledge.
(d)You are responsible for any fees charged by your telecommunications provider, or any
other third party in connection with your use of Okoa Mobile Wallet.
IRREVOCABLE AUTHORITY
(i) You hereby irrevocably authorize Liberty Afrika Technologies Limited to act on all requests
received from you (or purportedly from you) through the System and to hold you liable in
respect thereof, notwithstanding that any such requests are not authorized by you.
(ii) If you request Liberty Afrika Technologies Limited to cancel any transaction or instruction
after a request has been received from you, Liberty Afrika Technologies Limited may at its
absolute discretion cancel such transaction or instruction but shall have no obligation to do
so.
EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
Liberty Afrika Technologies Limited shall not be responsible for any loss suffered by you
should the Services be interfered with or be unavailable by reason of (a) the failure of any of
your Equipment, or (b) any other circumstances whatsoever not within the company’s control
including, without limitation, force majeure or error, interruption, delay or non-availability of
the System, terrorist or any enemy action, equipment failure, loss of power, adverse weather
or atmospheric conditions, and failure of any public or private telecommunications system.
Liberty Afrika Technologies Limited will not be liable for any losses or damage suffered by you
as a result of or in connection with: -
(a) unavailability of sufficient funds in your Okoa Wallet Account.
(b) failure, malfunction, interruption or unavailability of the System, your Equipment, the
Network, M-PESA System and/or other integrated banking Service;
(c) the money in your Okoa Wallet Account being subject to legal process or other
encumbrance restricting payments or transfers thereof;
(d) your failure to give proper or complete instructions for payments or transfers relating to
your Okoa Wallet Account;
(e) any fraudulent or illegal use of the Services, the System and/or your Equipment; or
(f) Your failure to comply with these Terms and Conditions and any document or information
provided by Liberty Afrika Technologies Limited concerning the use of the System and the
Services.
(g) Under no circumstances shall Liberty Afrika Technologies Limited be liable to you for any
loss of profit or any indirect or consequential loss or damage of whatever kind, howsoever
caused, arising out of or in connection with the Services even where the possibility of such
loss or damage is notified to Liberty Afrika Technologies Limited.
VARIATION AND TERMINATION OF RELATIONSHIP
LATL may at any time, upon notice to you, terminate or vary its business relationship with you,
and in particular LATL may cancel or call in Loans which it has granted and require the full
repayment of outstanding debts resulting therefrom within such time as LATL may determine.