pawaPay incident
Performance degradation affecting Kenya M-Pesa services
pawaPay experienced a minor incident on April 23, 2026 affecting M-Pesa :: Web Deposit and M-Pesa :: USSD Deposit and 1 more component, lasting 4h 48m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
M-Pesa :: Web DepositM-Pesa :: USSD DepositM-Pesa :: Payout
Update timeline
- identified Apr 23, 2026, 04:23 PM UTC
We have identified instability in Kenya M-Pesa services. We have escalated this to the MMO for resolution.
- monitoring Apr 23, 2026, 08:06 PM UTC
We are seeing improvements in success rates and will continue monitoring the incident.
- resolved Apr 23, 2026, 09:11 PM UTC
The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.