Safaricom Caught Pants Down? Here is the Truth
Online Professional Gaming has taken a new high in Kenya. With most brands running online contests on Facebook and Twitter, a select group of individuals has taken this as a route for enriching themselves, and you can’t fault them.
You must have seen articles online claiming that Safaricom employees play online games and reward themselves. The claims sound true, unless you dig deeper into this issue. Take this list for example that was shared by Robert Alai https://gist.github.com/anonymous/64a140f5308a33f3976d. He sensationally claimed that these accounts are used by Safaricom employees to win Safaricom’s online contests. I looked at it and decided to do a better analysis, the findings were shocking!
I picked out one name, and decided to run it and see how many Safaricom contests they had won. I realized that these people do not win Safaricom contests only! They have won in all contests run by brands in Kenya! Take a look for yourself…
Paul Nderitu. Good job I love your effort and dedication. Go to sleep now it’s very late. Lets do this tomorrow. Gudnyt
— TGIF Partysmart (@TGIFPartysmart) April 30, 2013
Congratulations to Paul Nderitu for winning the World Cup Selfie contest & a DStv decoder + 1month subscription FREE pic.twitter.com/nXojyJz2G9
— I&M Bank Ltd (@imbankke) July 11, 2014
Congratulations to Paul Nderitu, winner of a Samsung Galaxy Pocket with #SU7s. Log on to https://t.co/kdWselrfVU pic.twitter.com/DgfeIv13bn
— Safaricom Limited (@SafaricomLtd) August 27, 2014
There are several other guys I am analyzing! They own many accounts to help them win goodies. These are smart people who have probably won millions from brands in Kenya.
Conclusion, the online accounts purported to be run by Safaricom are actually owned by a cartel of tech savvy individuals who deploy them to increase their chances of winning in any online contest.
