Mobile money and especially M-PESA has brought about a lot of convenience to people in general as one does not have to carry cash all the time. It has also made it convenient to pay some of the bills like electricity, water among others unlike some years back when one had to walk to KPLC offices to make some of these payments.
Also, Kenya Power announced that from 1st September 2022, a myriad of its services can only be paid through authorized channels. The purchase of prepaid tokens, payment of postpaid bills and payment for new connections will only be made via M-PESA, USSD and other authorized channels.
Here is how you can pay your electricity bills via M-PESA.
- Select Pay Bill from the M-PESA menu.
2. Enter the Kenya Power business number 888880 for pre-paid.
3. Enter your Kenya Power account number.
4. Enter the amount you wish to pay which should be between Ksh.100 and Kshs.35,000.
5. Enter your M-PESA PIN.
6. Confirm that all details are correct.
7. M-PESA HAKIKISHA, You will get a notification with the intended recipient’s name e.g. Pay Kenya Power KSh1,000 for Account 0100 xxxx xxxx x Press 1 within 20 seconds to STOP this transaction. To stop a wrong transaction, Enter 1 and press Send within 20 seconds. Pressing Cancel will complete the transaction.
8. You will receive a confirmation SMS from M-PESA.
9. You will receive an SMS from Kenya Power with a generated prepaid token valid for your meter. Key in the 16 digit number sent to you by Kenya Power on your token device.
How to pay your postpaid electricity bill with M-PESA
- Select Pay Bill from the M-PESA menu.
2. Enter the Kenya Power business number 888888 for postpaid.
3. Enter your Kenya Power account number.
4. Enter the amount you wish to pay which should be between Ksh.100 and Kshs.35,000.
5. Enter your M-PESA PIN.
6. Confirm that all details are correct.
7. M-PESA HAKIKISHA, You will get a notification with the intended recipient’s name e.g. Pay Kenya Power KSh1,000 for Account 0100 xxxx xxxx x Press 1 within 20 seconds to STOP this transaction. To stop a wrong transaction, Enter 1 and press Send within 20 seconds. Pressing Cancel will complete the transaction.
8. You will receive a confirmation SMS from M-PESA.