How long does KES to GBP take?

Pound payouts typically land within minutes. Eversend to Eversend is instant. Your first transfer can take longer while we verify your identity once.

What is the KES to GBP rate today?

The big number at the top of this page is the current rate, refreshed within the last 30 minutes. What you see on the send screen is exactly what your recipient gets.

Are there limits on sending out of Kenya?

Transfers out of Kenya follow Central Bank of Kenya rules. Any limits or checks that apply to your amount are shown in the app before you confirm, so there are no surprises after you send.

What do I need from my recipient?

For a UK bank payout, their sort code and account number. For a wallet payout, just their Eversend account.

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🇰🇪🇬🇧KES → GBP corridor

Send money from Kenya to the UK.

The short answer

Kenyan businesses pay UK suppliers, freelancers return earnings, families settle obligations in sterling: this route turns M-Pesa liquidity into pounds in a British bank account. Fund from M-Pesa or a Kenyan bank, confirm the KES to GBP figure on screen, and Faster Payments does the last mile in minutes.

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Send KES → GBPUp to date

You send

KSh

🇰🇪KES

1 KES = 0.00553 GBPLIVE

fees included · updated in the last 30 min

Recipient gets

109.07

🇬🇧GBP

fee 0.49% + £0.99deducted, shown before you send

53.66 GBP more than a typical bank transfer would deliver

Arrives in a few minutesmedian 3.4 min, last 90 days

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Today's rate · KES → GBP

1 KES = 0.00553 GBPUpdated in the last 30 min

The rate refreshes every 30 minutes. The recipient amount you see already includes our commission: what you see is what they get.

Delivery times

How fast money arrives in the UK.

Delivery depends on how the recipient is paid. These are measured times, not promises.

Bank account

~3 min

50% land within 5 minutes

Any UK account with a sort code and account number.

Eversend

Instant

Lands the moment you send

If they have Eversend, the money is theirs the second you confirm.

Medians measured over the last 90 days of real transfers. A first transfer may need a one-time verification.

Send KES to the UK in 3 steps.

01

One verification

Install the app, prove your identity once, minutes.

02

Load shillings

M-Pesa or a Kenyan bank transfer funds your balance.

03

Settle in sterling

UK sort code and account number, previewed rate, done.

Where the money lands

Payout methods in the UK.

UK bank accounts

Payout to any UK account with a sort code and account number.

Faster PaymentsAny UK bank

Eversend wallet

Free and instant GBP between Eversend accounts.

Eversend to Eversend

KES → GBP, compared

A typical bank

Eversend

Can you even send it?

Often refused or branch-only

From your phone, in-app

Rate you see

Hidden until it lands

Shown before you send

Transfer fee

Wire fees at both ends

0.49% + £0.99 to bank account, wallet free

Money arrives

2 to 5 business days

Within minutes

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KES → GBP questions.

Yes. Eversend is one of the few licensed services that pays out of Kenya to UK accounts. You send shillings, we convert at the rate shown upfront, and the pounds land in their UK account.

M-Pesa liquidity, sterling settlement.

Suppliers, invoices and family obligations, paid in pounds.

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