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DStv is the home for televised entertainment in Africa. It has multiple stations with different shows airing for viewers’ pleasure. For example, cartoons are available for kids, sports stations for sports lovers, movie stations, and so much more. Therefore you want to quickly renew your subscription once it expires. While there are many ways to pay for your DStv subscription in Kenya, here’s how to pay for it via Mpesa. 

Paying for different DStv subscription plans via Mpesa in Kenya

Before knowing how to pay for a DStv subscription via Mpesa, it’s important to know the bouquet available to you as a Kenyan subscriber. Therefore, the following are six DStv bouquets for your selection:

  • Lite
  • Access
  • Family
  • Compact
  • Compact Plus
  • Premium

DStv Lite

Kenya Lite bouqet

DStv Lite costs 650 Ksh/month. It offers you more than 51 channels with over nine HD channels. 

DStv Access 

How to pay for DStv subscription via Mpesa in Kenya Access bouqet

This plan costs 1,150Ksh/month and affords you more than 95 channels with over nine HD channels. 

DStv Family 

How to pay for DStv subscription via Mpesa in Kenya family bouqet

DStv Family costs Ksh 1,600/month. Also, it gives you more than 120 channels with over nine HD channels. 

DStv Compact 

How to pay for DStv subscription via Mpesa in Kenya compact bouqet

This plan costs Ksh 3,000/month and provides you with more than 135 channels with over 25 HD channels.

DStv Compact Plus

How to pay for DStv subscription via Mpesa in compact Lite bouqet

Compact Plus costs Ksh 5,500/month. Furthermore, it presents you with 155 channels with over 30 HD channels.

DStv Premium

DStv premium costs Ksh 8,900/month. This is the ultimate package with over 175 channels and 40 HD channels.

Now let’s delve into how to pay for a DStv subscription via Mpesa.

To pay for your monthly DStv subscription using Mpesa you basically need two things. They include Multichoice’s paybill number (444900) and your smartcard number (account number). 

The following steps constitute how to pay for DStv via Mpesa in Kenya:

1. Go to your Mpesa Menu

2. Select Lipa na Mpesa

3. Select Paybill

4. Type in 444900 as the business number

5. Type in your DStv SmartCard number as the account number

6. Type in the amount you want to repay

7. Type in your Mpesa pin and press OK

8. You’ll get a transaction confirmation SMS from Mpesa and Multichoice.

That’s about how to pay for DStv via Mpesa in Kenya. Should you face any issues, please contact DSTV using their customer support channels.

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