How to Buy Kenya Power Tokens Using the Kenya Power Paybill Number

One of the most convenient ways to buy Kenya power tokens is through the Kenya power paybill number.

If you are using a Kenya Power meter that requires to be fed with tokens to continue working, it means that you are under the prepaid system. It means that yours is a Kenya Power prepaid account. Therefore, the appropriate paybill number for you is the Kenya Power prepaid account paybill number. That piece of information is important, because Kenya Power has two main paybill numbers. The first one is the Kenya Power postpaid accounts paybill number. And the second one is the Kenya Power prepaid accounts paybill number. If you attempt to buy tokens using the Kenya power postpaid accounts paybill number, you will get an account format error. So it is important to know the right paybill number 888880 to enter.

Now to buy Kenya Power tokens using the Kenya Power prepaid paybill 888880 number, follow these 5 simple steps:

1. Take your phone, browse to M-Pesa and from the M-Pesa menu, select ‘Lipa na M-Mpesa’.
2. Having selected ‘Lipa na M-Pesa’, on the next screen you are taken to, select ‘Pay Bill’.
3. After selecting ‘Pay Bill’, on the next screen, select ‘Enter Business Number’ then enter 888880, which is the Kenya Power tokens paybill number.
4. Having entered the Kenya Power tokens paybill business number 888880 press the ‘ok’ key, then in the next screen, enter the account number (based on the meter you are buying Kenya power tokens for).
5. You will then be required to enter the amount of money you are buying Kenya power tokens for. Then you will get 2 text messages (one from M-Pesa telling you that you paid such and such an amount of money to Kenya Power and another one from Kenya power indicating Kenya Power Token Mtr number, and indicating the token number). Your bit then is to enter the token number into the Kenya Power meter keypad, just as it is without spaces, then click on the meter’s red button/enter button, for the tokens to take effect. The meter will momentarily indicate the tokens bought, then it will update, to indicate the new token balance. You can now go ahead to enjoy using your electricity.