Shahidi Box keeps the signed receipts Kenya already issues.
Every sale in Kenya now produces a receipt signed through KRA’s eTIMS. Shahidi Box makes sure the person who paid keeps a private, unchanged and lasting copy, with nothing to scan and nothing to lose. Shahidi is Swahili for witness.
The facts in one table.
Everything on this page, summarised.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Product | A private vault for the signed eTIMS receipts you receive. |
| Made by | Receipters Technologies Limited. |
| Mission | To make sure everyone who pays for something in Kenya keeps a private, unchanged and lasting copy of the signed receipt. |
| Vision | A Kenya where every purchase has a witness. |
| Status | Pre-launch. The early-access list is open. |
| Built for | People, businesses, enterprises, shops and POS vendors. |
| First POS pilots | DukaPOS and ChomaPOS. |
| How receipts are kept | Sealed with a key that belongs to the owner. Receipters cannot read them. |
| How identifiers are kept | Phone numbers and KRA PINs sent by a till are compared as one-way fingerprints. The ones on your profile are kept in your account. |
| Unclaimed receipts | Held sealed, then deleted after 90 days. |
| Data law | Kenya Data Protection Act, 2019. |
| Relationship to KRA | Independent. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Kenya Revenue Authority. |
| Contact | receipters@receipters.com |
A signed receipt should outlast the paper it is printed on.
A receipt signed by eTIMS is a good record: it carries a control unit, an invoice number and a QR code. Then it is printed on thermal paper that fades within months, pushed into a pocket, or photographed badly on a phone.
When something goes wrong, that record is the first thing missing. A shopper cannot prove a purchase for a return or a warranty. A shop owner spends the end of the month chasing suppliers for copies. An accountant sorts through a shoebox of photographs.
Our answer is simple: when the till issues a signed receipt, a faithful copy arrives in its owner’s private box, on its own. No scanning, no typing, no lost paper.
Three moments when a missing receipt costs money.
Everyday situations, described as examples. They are not real customers.
The return
Today: a shopper brings a faulty kettle back a week later. The thermal receipt has faded to a blank strip, and the shop cannot find the sale.
With Shahidi Box: the signed receipt is already in the shopper’s box, with the shop, the date and the amount, ready to show on a phone or download as a PDF.
The month-end
Today: a business owner spends the last days of the month asking suppliers for copies, and still finds gaps.
With Shahidi Box: every supplier receipt has already arrived in the business’s box, by branch, ready to export for the accountant.
The shoebox
Today: an accountant sorts photographs of receipts by hand, and cannot tell a copy from the original.
With Shahidi Box: each receipt is the original, with its KRA signature and QR code, and a fingerprint that shows if it has changed.
One box for people. One portal for businesses.
For people
Proof of what you bought, without a drawer of fading paper.
- Every receipt in one place, newest first
- Search by shop, item or amount
- Proof of purchase for returns and warranties
- Share one receipt without sharing the rest
For businesses
Every supplier receipt in one place, ready for your accountant.
- All supplier receipts in one portal
- Filter by branch, POS and terminal
- Tags and notes your team can add
- A clean export for your accountant
For shops and POS vendors
Send each sale to its owner and stop resending receipts.
- One request after each sale
- Safe to retry, so no duplicates
- Signed requests, so only your till can post
- Refunds stay linked to the sale
What Shahidi Box is, and what it is not.
Shahidi Box is
- A private vault for the signed eTIMS receipts you receive
- Automatic: the till sends each receipt to its owner
- Sealed with a key that belongs to you
- Searchable, exportable and deletable by you
- Free to join on the early-access list
Shahidi Box is not
- A replacement for the official receipt the till issues
- Affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Kenya Revenue Authority
- A tax filing or tax advice service
- A place where Receipters can read your purchases
- An advertising business. Your data is never sold
Why “Shahidi”?
Shahidi is Swahili for witness. A witness was there, remembers what happened as it happened, and can say so later. That is the job of a receipt, and the job we want Shahidi Box to do for every purchase.
The mark is a seal with a tick in it, the stamp that says a thing was checked. The words we keep close are the ones on the home page: every purchase has a witness.
A good witness does not embellish and does not forget. That is why a receipt is kept exactly as the till issued it, and why we hold nothing about it that we do not need.
Six commitments we hold ourselves to.
Faithful to the original
The receipt is kept exactly as the till issued it, with its signature and QR code. Your tags and notes sit beside it, and a fingerprint shows if the original ever changes.
Private by design
Receipts are sealed with a key that belongs to you, so we cannot read them. We never sell, rent or mine what we hold. See how it is protected.
Simple for everyone
No scanning, typing or forms. A shopper’s receipt simply arrives. A shop sends one request after each sale.
Open to every POS
Any till can connect, from a large chain to a single counter. We start with pilot partners and will share how to connect.
Accountable to Kenyan law
We handle personal data under the Kenya Data Protection Act, 2019. You can see, correct, export and delete your data. Read the privacy notice.
Honest about limits
The till’s receipt stays the official record. We keep a faithful copy. We do not file taxes or give tax advice.
What we keep, and who can read it.
Receipts and matching are described as designed for launch. The early-access list is live now.
| Information | What we hold | Who can read it |
|---|---|---|
| Your receipts | The sealed copy of each receipt. | Only you, and anyone you choose to share one receipt with. |
| Your tags, notes and searches | Stored sealed. | Only you. |
| Phone numbers, email addresses and KRA PINs used for matching | One-way fingerprints, not the details themselves. | Nobody. A fingerprint cannot be turned back into the original. |
| Your key | Not held by Receipters. | Only you. |
| Delivery records | That a receipt arrived, when, its size and any error. Never its contents. | Receipters engineers, with access logged. |
| Your profile | Your phone number, address, KRA PIN, National ID number and date of birth, and for a business its name and registration number. Your password and PIN are kept only as scrambled values. | A small number of Receipters staff running the launch. Nobody can read your password or PIN. |
| Your account and the early-access list | Your name, your email address, and whether you are a person, a business, an enterprise or a POS vendor. A sign-in code is kept for 10 minutes, as a scrambled fingerprint. | A small number of Receipters staff running the launch. |
What we do not collect: no advertising identifiers, no location tracking, no access to your contacts, and no analytics or advertising cookies on this website, only the essential ones listed in the cookie notice. Read the privacy notice.
Six things we will not do.
Sell, rent or trade your data
Not your receipts, not the fingerprints, not the early-access list.
Read your receipts
They are sealed with a key that is yours. Receipters staff cannot open them.
Show you advertising
Shahidi Box is not an advertising business, and we collect no advertising identifiers.
Ask for your secrets
We will never ask for a password, a sign-in code or your recovery key, by email, phone or message.
Use unclaimed receipts for anything else
A receipt nobody claims waits sealed, and is deleted after 90 days.
Say that KRA backs us
We are independent. We will never suggest that the Kenya Revenue Authority approves or endorses Shahidi Box.
We build on the signature. We do not change it.
The till issues the receipt
Your shop’s POS creates the eTIMS receipt as it always does. Nothing about how shops sell, sign or report changes.
A copy goes to its owner
The POS sends the signed receipt to Shahidi Box. We match it to the owner by a fingerprint of their KRA PIN, phone number or email address and seal it with their key. If we cannot match it, it waits privately and is deleted after 90 days.
The original stays the original
The official record is still the receipt the till issued, held by the seller and KRA. Shahidi Box is independent and not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Kenya Revenue Authority.
Time limits we hold ourselves to.
So that a promise can be checked.
| Matter | Our commitment |
|---|---|
| A receipt nobody claims | Held sealed, then deleted after 90 days. |
| You delete a receipt or close your box | Removed from our systems within 30 days, including backups. |
| A request to see, correct, export or delete your data | Answered as soon as possible, and always within 30 days. |
| An email to the team | A reply within 3 working days. |
| A security report made in good faith | A reply within 3 working days, and no legal action against you. |
| Your place on the early-access list | Removed whenever you ask. |
Early, and open about it.
Shahidi Box has not opened to the public. This is the order we will follow.
Early access
The website and the early-access list are live. We are building the product.
Pilots with POS partners
Pilots on DukaPOS and ChomaPOS to prove that a receipt can travel from the till to its owner, sealed and unchanged.
Open the boxes
Early-access members are invited first, in stages. Each person sets up a key and a recovery key, and receipts begin to arrive.
Portal for businesses
Branch and team features for businesses, and open integration for any POS that wants to connect.
If you build, buy or write about receipts.
POS vendors and shops
Connect your till, or ask about the pilots on DukaPOS and ChomaPOS.
Write to usBusinesses and accountants
Tell us what your accountant needs from a receipt record, so we build the export around it.
Write to usPartners and press
Working together, speaking, or writing about Shahidi Box.
Write to usA product of Receipters Technologies Limited.
Receipters Technologies Limited (“Receipters”) is the company behind Shahidi Box. It is accountable for the product, for the data it handles and for what this website says. Receipters Technologies Limited is the data controller under the Kenya Data Protection Act, 2019, and is preparing its registration with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner before launch.
Read how we handle data in the privacy notice, the rules for this website in the terms and conditions, and more in legal and compliance. For anything else, write to receipters@receipters.com.
Straight answers about Shahidi Box and the company behind it.
Who is behind Shahidi Box?
Shahidi Box is a product of Receipters Technologies Limited. Receipters is accountable for the product, for the data it handles and for what this website says. Write to receipters@receipters.com and a person at Receipters Technologies Limited will reply.
Is Shahidi Box a government service?
No. Shahidi Box is independent. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Kenya Revenue Authority. eTIMS is a KRA system, and Shahidi Box builds on the receipts it produces.
Is Shahidi Box open yet?
Not yet. It is in pre-launch. The website and the early-access list are live, and early-access members will be invited first, in stages.
Is it free?
Joining the early-access list is free and never asks for payment details. Early-access members will try Shahidi Box free when their box opens. The length of the trial and the pricing will be published before Shahidi Box opens, so you can see them before you decide.
Why can you not read my receipts?
Because each receipt is sealed with a key that belongs to you, and we do not hold that key. We chose this on purpose: what we cannot read, we cannot sell, leak or be forced to hand over in readable form. The cost is that we cannot restore your receipts if you lose both your phone and your recovery key.
Will you sell my data?
No. We do not sell, rent or trade your data, and we do not use it for advertising or profiling. The privacy notice sets this out in full.
Which law applies?
The Kenya Data Protection Act, 2019. Under it you can see, correct, export and delete your data. Receipters Technologies Limited is the data controller and is preparing its registration with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner before launch.
How do I reach a person?
Write to receipters@receipters.com, or choose a subject on the contact page. We reply within 3 working days.
Every purchase has a witness. Be among the first to open a box.
Join the early-access list. It is free, and early members are invited first.