The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has issued guidance to applicants on how to retrieve their Payment Reference after making payments during the application process.
In a statement on April 23, KUCCPS clarified that the Payment Reference is the account number entered during the payment process, and not the M-Pesa transaction code.
“Looking for your Payment Ref. after paying for the KUCCPS application? Your Payment Ref. is the account number you keyed in during payment. You can retrieve it from your MPESA payment message. Be sure to pick the account, not the MPESA code,” read part of the statement.
Applicants who may have misplaced the reference number can check their M-Pesa confirmation message, which indicates the account number used for payment.
KUCCPS further urged applicants to retain their M-Pesa messages, noting that the information may be required when making changes or verifying application details on the system.
What to Do If You’ve Lost Your M-PESA Message
If you lost the M-PESA message and need to apply again, you can get the Payment Ref from the number you paid with by following these steps.
- Dial *234# and Select option 5 (M-PESA Information).
- Select option 1, M-PESA statement
- Select option 1, Request statement
- Select option 1, full statement (specify the period you need to check, in this case, select “the last month” since the date you paid)
- Then register your email, and the statement will be sent to the email.
- Proceed to download the M-PESA statement sent to you via email and open it using the password sent via SMS. Check on the date you paid to get the payment, Ref.
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How to Pay KUCCPS Application Fees
After completing your KUCCPS application, click the Submit button on the application form. A pop-up window appears with a “Proceed to Pay” link that directs applicants to the payment platform.
Candidates are then required to select a preferred payment method from the available options, including M-PESA, Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), RTGS, or Airtel Money.
For M-PESA payments, applicants should select the M-PESA option, after which the system displays the Business Number (222222), a unique account number generated by eCitizen, and the payable amount.
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The applicant then enters their M-PESA PIN and completes the transaction by sending the payment
Once payment and submission are successful, the system displays a confirmation message indicating that the application has been completed.
Candidates can confirm whether their submission was successful via the application/revision tab.
They are required to click on the “application/revision” tab and then select “application history” to view the status of their application.
Alternatively, applicants can also check through the dashboard tab, where any active application will be clearly highlighted in blue, indicating that the submission has been successfully completed.
