Man Buys Tokens Worth 160K
Kenyan businessman and social media influencer Mwiti Jacob Titus, better known as JJ Titus, has taken the internet by storm after sharing a rather shocking experience: he accidentally purchased electricity tokens worth a whopping Sh160,000.
This revelation has sent ripples of disbelief, laughter, and even some relatable stories from fellow Kenyans online.
In a post that quickly went viral, Titus explained that after making this expensive purchase, the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) hadn’t actually credited him with any tokens. To make matters worse, his efforts to reverse the payment have hit a snag.
“You didn’t allocate me tokens. I submitted a reversal form, but you have not reversed my money. No token, no money,” he wrote.
Later on, he shared that Kenya Power had started the process of reversing things
The post quickly attracted a flood of reactions from amused Kenyans who, while feeling for his situation, couldn’t help but poke fun at what they dubbed the “rich people’s problems” moment.
“The only time I’m serious with mathematics is when transferring money; those zeros matter,” Winnie Caleb quipped.
People opened up about their own financial blunders.
“I was intending to pay 30 bob, accidentally paid 300… guess who slept hungry with lights on,” Lilian Kaindio joked.
User Deno Rono thanked divine intervention for his low balance.
“I almost bought mine yesterday for 400,000 instead of 400 bob! But who is God? Insufficient balance came through and saved me, wueh!” Rono said.
As memes and jokes flooded timelines, Wangui Kimani added, “Sai ningekuwa Mbagathi, maji tu nawekwa,” while Irene Affluent stated, “My insufficient funds could never.”
Some users even reached out to Kenya Power and Safaricom, urging them to step in quickly.
“Let me tag Safaricom PLC and Kenya Power Care so they can respond immediately. We need to buy supper and pay school fees!” Vero Kwamboka wrote.
Meanwhile, others prayed, half-jokingly, for the kind of financial “mistake” Titus made.
“Dear Lord, I need such kind of problems,” Cynthie Nduma joked, as Fitieh Milker echoed, “The kind of problems I want, oh Lord! Nikiweka 1600 itaniambia I have insufficient balance.”
Adding to the laughter, Ian Msoo quipped:
“Wan sigiste sausand! Simu yangu ikipitisha 5k, Safaricom huanza kunitumia zile fraud tips messages nikuwe macho nisioshwe!”
Despite the humor in the situation, it brought back to the forefront the public’s worries about delays in payment reversals and the safety of transactions when using mobile money for utility bills. Many people are calling on Kenya Power to make its refund processes more efficient, pointing out that even small mistakes can take days or even weeks to sort out.
“If my 5k reversal took almost 1month the 160k will take 2months…..but that online form is just useless just visit the nearest kplc station with the token kit and the mpesa message,” Pauline Wiseman said.
Joy Omuya added, “I’m a customer and my reversal of 10,000 has never been successful to date. It’s almost 3 weeks later. No reversal no token. Let me wait and see if mine will be reversed, too.”
For now, JJ Titus says Kenya Power has initiated the reversal, and Kenyans online continue to count their blessings… and zeros.
Man Buys Tokens Worth 160K
