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[email protected] PASSING THE BUCK Money Transfer Systems: The Practice and Potential for Products in Kenya Kamau Kabbucho, Cerstin Sander and Peter Mukwana May 2003 PASSING THE BUCK: Money Transfer Systems: The Practice and Potential for Products in Kenya i Kamau Kabbucho, Cerstin Sander and Peter Mukwana Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................IV BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................................ IV SUMMARY OF FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................................. IV STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT........................................................................................................................................... VI INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................................................... 1