Going postal
By Kenneth Kwama
G4S Security Services (Kenya) could be the first private company to offer postal services in the local market if the Communications Commission of Kenya approves its application.
According to a company fact sheet, the company plans to offer the full range of postal services, currently being offered by the Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK), which include postage stamps, courier, letter handling and box number rentals. G4S Communications Manager, Mr Carlos Kioko and General Manager-Courier, Mr Eliud Muriithi confirmed that the company was preparing to offer postal services to its clients.
"The MD (Mr Ken Wood) applied for a postal licence from the CCK last year, but it was turned down," they say. "The company is planning to apply again for the same licence soon."
If the new plan succeeds, all customers will have to do to post either local or international letters is buy a corresponding value of new generation stamps from any of the company’s 120 branches, affix them to the letters and post as they would at any post office branch to have it delivered to the destination. Currently, PCK is the only organisation allowed by Kenyan law to offer postal services.
G4S Security Services (Kenya) could be the first private company to offer postal services in the local market if the Communications Commission of Kenya approves its application.
According to a company fact sheet, the company plans to offer the full range of postal services, currently being offered by the Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK), which include postage stamps, courier, letter handling and box number rentals. G4S Communications Manager, Mr Carlos Kioko and General Manager-Courier, Mr Eliud Muriithi confirmed that the company was preparing to offer postal services to its clients.
"The MD (Mr Ken Wood) applied for a postal licence from the CCK last year, but it was turned down," they say. "The company is planning to apply again for the same licence soon."
If the new plan succeeds, all customers will have to do to post either local or international letters is buy a corresponding value of new generation stamps from any of the company’s 120 branches, affix them to the letters and post as they would at any post office branch to have it delivered to the destination. Currently, PCK is the only organisation allowed by Kenyan law to offer postal services.
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