Your family and friends in the diaspora can now send you cash, airtime and shopping vouchers using tuma-pesa.com, a Kenyan e-commerce webshop and money transfer service.
When someone is sending you cash from abroad using tuma-pesa.com, they will be prompted to fill in your name and cell phone number. Once the they complete the transaction tuma-pesa.com processes it, you, the recipient, will receive a confirmation call from 0715-18-80-25 and will be asked to confirm the name of the sender and amount which was sent after which the money will be sent to your phone with the net amount in Kenyan shillings plus withdrawing fees.
Below are the transaction fees for sending money using tuma-pesa.com:
Kenyans abroad can also buy Safaricom, Airtel, Yu Mobile and Orange airtime from tuma-pesa.com webshop which will then sent directly to the recipients mobile phone. Below is amount of airtime that can be bought from tuma-pesa.com and their respective purchase costs, in Euro’s, which include the value of the airtime voucher and transaction fees.
Kenyans in the diaspora can also buy Health Voucher Swiss Cottage Hospital (Mtwapa), Nakumatt Voucher, Tuskys Voucher and Bata Shoes gift voucher which will be sent to their Kenyan recipient through tuma-pesa.com . Below are the types of gift vouchers that can be bought from tuma-pesa.com and their respective purchase costs, in Euro’s which include the value of the gift voucher and transaction fees.
Click here for procedure to follow when shopping or sending money through tuma-pesa.com