Rafiki incident

Rafiki Incident - Mpesa Ke Disabled

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Rafiki experienced a minor incident on August 31, 2026, lasting 1h 9m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 31, 2026, 08:10 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 31, 2026, 09:20 AM UTC
Duration
1h 9m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 31, 2026, 08:10 AM UTC

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 31, 2026, 08:10 AM UTC

    Status: Investigating Dear Valued Client, We’re currently experiencing a downtime processing MPESA transfers in Kenya due to an outage with our partner. Kindly hold traffic while we work with our partner to resolve the issue. We’ll update you as soon as services are restored. Apologies for the inconvenience.

  2. resolved Aug 31, 2026, 09:20 AM UTC

    Status: Resolved • The service has been restored with the telco (Mpesa KE) confirming uptime. • The service has been enabled and transactions are processing successfully.