Nairobi

[World Jockey]

Please, advise, how to pay MPESA from Germany, not having Kenyan phone number.

Another vote for world remit. Easy breezy.

[Slowalk]

Please, advise, how to pay MPESA from Germany, not having Kenyan phone number.

Why would you need to?

[Neddy69]

You can use for example World Remit. I don't know if you need to register or not, I have registered, I have account in World Remit, easy to create, for free.

You choose Kenia as destination, then you choose Mobile Money as way to delivery, that is Mpesa.

Then you add reveiver name and number, Mpesa account is same as phone number.

Then it asks your credit card number etc. Normal electric payment procedure.

You don't need to have Safaricom sim card or anything in Kenya. I have delivered money several times to Kenya this way.

I have seen with Western Union that they have also some "Mobile Wallet" as one way to deliver, when you choose Kenya as destination. But I have never tried that, probably work same way.

This is a Paybill number. That means it's used to pay bills with mPesa. You can use World remit only to transfer money to a mobile phone number. NOT a Paybill number. So it is NOT possible to pay your train ticket with World Remit. In order to pay a Kenya railways Ticket you need a valid mPesa mobile money account. Easiest is after you arrive in Yomo Kenyatta take a Bolt to the train station. First class is almost never full. Pay cash.

Mwalimu.

[Leblon]

Please, advise, how to pay MPESA from Germany, not having Kenyan phone number.

You can use for example World Remit. I don't know if you need to register or not, I have registered, I have account in World Remit, easy to create, for free.

You choose Kenia as destination, then you choose Mobile Money as way to delivery, that is Mpesa.

Then you add reveiver name and number, Mpesa account is same as phone number.

Then it asks your credit card number etc. Normal electric payment procedure.

You don't need to have Safaricom sim card or anything in Kenya. I have delivered money several times to Kenya this way.

I have seen with Western Union that they have also some "Mobile Wallet" as one way to deliver, when you choose Kenya as destination. But I have never tried that, probably work same way.

[Mombie75]

Sorry, but metickets dot krc dot co dot ke shows the Inter County Train 08: AM.

When arriving 03:00 in Nairobi, plenty of time. I enjoy sightseeing from train.

There is a daily 8 am departure from Nbo to Msa.

[Reiner Otto]

at 8 am when you are looking there is no departure

Sorry, but metickets dot krc dot co dot ke shows the Inter County Train 08: AM.

When arriving 03:00 in Nairobi, plenty of time. I enjoy sightseeing from train.

[SceticoBlu]

Mpesa can be obtained at the airport but for the reason below I advise you not to take the train at all and at 8 am when you are looking there is no departure, only at 3 pm.

[Albert9989]

Please, advise, how to pay MPESA from Germany, not having Kenyan phone number.

Not possible.

Or I don't see how. Mpesa is a Safari com service, they request a safaricom sim to work, so you need to be in Kenya to use mpesa.

Not possible to buy madakara train tickets from outside country or via travel agencies maybe.

[Reiner Otto]

With Safaricom Madarakatrain booking can be done by *639# and Payment with MPESA. Bolt has often an edge over Uber in Kenya. Other taxis are lore expensive. Matatu is cheaper. By food is cheapest.

Please, advise, how to pay MPESA from Germany, not having Kenyan phone number.

[SceticoBlu]

By the way it is not a good idea to arrive by plan at Jomo Kenyatta airport and then continue by train to Mombasa a few hours later. I'd go by Jumbojet and avoid all the checking in again which at the train station resembles an airport with the obbligation to be there 2 hours before departure and security checks.

[SceticoBlu]

With Safaricom Madarakatrain booking can be done by *639# and Payment with MPESA. Bolt has often an edge over Uber in Kenya. Other taxis are lore expensive. Matatu is cheaper. By food is cheapest.

[Mombie75]

I will fly into Nairobi next month, very early morning, and want to take train (08:00) to Mombasa. Trying to buy ticket on Kenyan railways web site does not offer a suitable payment option for me, so I consider buying train ticket directly in railway station.

Having bad experience from India, about several hours of waiting in queue, I have to ask: Is it easy to buy train ticket in Nairobi "on the spot" ? No long queue?

And, any cheaper option than (Uber ?) taxi to go from Airport to train station in Nairobi ?

Uber or Bolt is your best option from JKIA to Train. If you want cheaper than the few hundred shillings it will cost then things must be bad, really?

If you get a ticket on the day it is likely first class will be sold out but economy should be available. Queues should not be okay.

[Albert9989]

I will fly into Nairobi next month, very early morning, and want to take train (08:00) to Mombasa. Trying to buy ticket on Kenyan railways web site does not offer a suitable payment option for me, so I consider buying train ticket directly in railway station.

Having bad expirience from India, about several hours of waiting in queue, I have to ask: Is it easy to buy train ticket in Nairobi "on the spot" ? No long queue?

And, any cheaper option than (Uber ?) taxi to go from Airport to train station in Nairobi ?

Impossible to buy a ticket from outside the country, you had the same issue.

The best is to buy a local sim card just outside the airport and then open a mpesa account, the you can book online. But if you want to go from airport to train it will be too short to create the mpesa.

Otherwise you need to buy the ticket at the train station, I didn't saw any queue there, most people use mpesa, but could depends on the hour when you arrive.

Train station is quite close to airport so the best is to stick to a regular taxi I guess. After you can use bolt or Uber.

Don't confuse the old train station inside Nairobi, the train for Mombasa is in the new one on the airport side.

[Neddy69]

I will fly into Nairobi next month, very early morning, and want to take train (08:00) to Mombasa. Trying to buy ticket on Kenyan railways web site does not offer a suitable payment option for me, so I consider buying train ticket directly in railway station.

Having bad expirience from India, about several hours of waiting in queue, I have to ask: Is it easy to buy train ticket in Nairobi "on the spot" ? No long queue?

And, any cheaper option than (Uber ?) taxi to go from Airport to train station in Nairobi ?

Get mpesa first in Nairobi. I personally wouldn't stress myself going straight to the train station from the airport. Usually there's free seats. At least first class seems to be never fully booked. Economy it can happen to be sold out in weekends or holidays. Seats are limited. You can reserve and pay online with mpesa. At the train station arrive at least 1. 5 hours before. There's self service ticket printing machines where you print out your actual ticket. The security is a joke. They have dog handlers. 2 scanners. Worse than any airline. They took my Swiss folding knife. Morons. And on top of that. Immigration checked for illegal white immigrants. Yeah sure. I'm getting tired of the antics. As much as I like the train ride. I just might fly this time. Pain in de ass. Cheaper option. Public bus. Or Bolt.

Mwalimu.

[Reiner Otto]

I will fly into Nairobi next month, very early morning, and want to take train (08:00) to Mombasa. Trying to buy ticket on Kenyan railways web site does not offer a suitable payment option for me, so I consider buying train ticket directly in railway station.

Having bad expirience from India, about several hours of waiting in queue, I have to ask: Is it easy to buy train ticket in Nairobi "on the spot" ? No long queue?

And, any cheaper option than (Uber ?) taxi to go from Airport to train station in Nairobi ?