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Terms of Service

Version 1.0 · Effective: 2026-10-10 · Last updated: 2026-10-31

# SomaSkul Terms of Service

Version 1.0 Effective date: 2026-10-10 Last updated: 2026-10-31

## 1. Acceptance

By creating a SomaSkul account or using the SomaSkul app, you agree to these Terms and to SomaSkul's Privacy Policy (somaskul.co.ke/privacy).

## 2. Who SomaSkul is for

SomaSkul is for secondary school students in Kenya studying the CBC (Grade 7 and above) or KCSE curriculum, and for their parents and guardians. Students must be at least 13 years old. SomaSkul is operated by Michael Sirari Wambani, a sole proprietor trading as SomaSkul, of Mlango Soko, Naivasha Road, Kenya.

## 3. Accounts

  • A parent or guardian creates the family account, signing in with their phone

number and a one-time code sent by SMS. Only an adult may create a parent account.

  • The parent adds each student (up to three), giving the student's name, date of

birth, curriculum and class, and a 4-digit PIN, and confirms that they are the student's parent or guardian and consent to SomaSkul processing the student's information as described in the Privacy Policy.

  • Students sign in with their PIN on the family's phone. Students cannot make

payments and are not shown prices.

  • The parent can see each student's progress, lock or unlock a student's access, edit

a student's details, and remove a student.

## 4. Account security

Keep your phone and your students' PINs safe. Anyone who can receive SMS on the parent's phone number can sign in to the parent account, and anyone holding a signed-in phone can switch from a student back to the parent. Tell us promptly (§14) if you think someone has used your account without permission.

## 5. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

  • Use SomaSkul to cheat on a proctored or invigilated examination in a way that violates

your school's or examination board's rules. ZANA is deliberately designed to guide you toward understanding rather than hand you final answers — see the AI & Educational Content Disclaimer (somaskul.co.ke/ai).

  • Attempt to access another user's account or data.
  • Attempt to circumvent SomaSkul's payment or entitlement systems.
  • Upload content that is unlawful, infringing, or that you do not have the right to

share.

  • Interfere with or attempt to disrupt SomaSkul's systems.

## 6. Subscriptions and payment

See the Subscription & Billing Terms (somaskul.co.ke/subscriptions) for full pricing, activation, and billing terms, and the Refund & Cancellation Policy (somaskul.co.ke/refunds) for cancellation and refunds. In summary:

  • SomaSkul offers free features and paid plans, priced per student and paid by a parent

or guardian on the SomaSkul website (somaskul.co.ke/pay) through Paystack (M-Pesa, Airtel Money or card). Payments are not made inside the app.

  • A plan is only ever activated once Paystack confirms the payment to SomaSkul's server —

never by anything the app itself claims. This protects you: no one can falsely claim to have paid and get access they haven't paid for.

  • When a plan expires, your access is reduced (features become gated) — **your study

history and past results are not deleted** because a subscription lapsed.

## 7. Intellectual property

SomaSkul's app, curriculum content compiled and presented by SomaSkul, and the ZANA tutor persona are SomaSkul's intellectual property, except for:

  • Underlying curriculum standards (CBC/KCSE syllabi), which belong to Kenya's

curriculum authorities and are referenced, not owned, by SomaSkul.

  • Content you submit (your questions, uploaded images) remains yours; you grant SomaSkul

a license to process it in order to provide the service to you (e.g., sending it to our AI provider to generate a response).

## 8. AI-generated content

SomaSkul's tutoring, homework-solving, and revision features use AI (Anthropic's Claude) to generate responses. ZANA is an AI, not a human teacher. AI-generated answers may contain errors. See the AI & Educational Content Disclaimer (somaskul.co.ke/ai) for the full disclaimer, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

## 9. Service availability

SomaSkul is designed to work with intermittent connectivity — your local study data stays available while offline, and syncs when you reconnect. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability of AI features, payment processing, or cloud sync, all of which depend on third-party services (Anthropic, Paystack, Supabase and our SMS and hosting providers) outside SomaSkul's direct control.

## 10. Limitation of liability

SomaSkul is a study aid. It does not guarantee any examination result, and AI answers can be wrong (§8). To the extent Kenyan law allows, SomaSkul is not liable for indirect or consequential losses arising from use of the app, and its total liability to you for any claim is limited to the amount you paid SomaSkul in the three months before the claim. Nothing in these Terms limits any right you have under the Consumer Protection Act, 2012 or other Kenyan law that cannot be excluded by agreement.

## 11. Suspension, termination and deleting your account

SomaSkul may suspend or close an account that breaks §5 (Acceptable use). You can delete your account at any time in the app (Profile, then Help, privacy & account, then Delete My Account), and a parent can remove a student from the Family Dashboard. What is deleted and what is kept is explained at somaskul.co.ke/delete-account; an account SomaSkul closes is handled the same way.

## 12. Changes to these Terms

We will update the "Last updated" date above when these Terms change. The current version is always at somaskul.co.ke/terms. Before an important change takes effect, we will tell parents by SMS or in the app.

## 13. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Kenya. Any dispute will first be raised with us (§14) so we can try to resolve it; if it cannot be resolved, it will be decided by the courts of Kenya.

## 14. Contact

Email [email protected] for support, account, payment or privacy questions.