pawaPay incident

Performance degradation affecting Kenya M-Pesa services

Resolved after 1 hour 10 minutes, affecting M-Pesa :: Web Deposit and M-Pesa :: Payout, on October 4, 2026.

monitoring Oct 04, 2026, 11:23 PM UTC

We are seeing improvements in success rates and will continue monitoring the incident.

Started
Oct 04, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 04, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC
Duration
1h 10m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 04, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC

Affected components

M-Pesa :: Web DepositM-Pesa :: Payout

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 04, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC

    We are experiencing degraded performance in the Kenya M-Pesa services. We are investigating the issue.

  2. monitoring Oct 04, 2026, 11:23 PM UTC

    We are seeing improvements in success rates and will continue monitoring the incident.

  3. resolved Oct 04, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC

    The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.

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