Safaricom has, once again, quietly reworked its Home Fibre lineup. This time the changes are more substantial than the FUP shake-up we covered in November 2025. Speeds on every tier except the top two have been pushed up sharply, and a fresh discount has shaved roughly 25 percent off four of the five monthly prices.
The new menu, now visible on Safaricom’s Home Fibre page, looks like this:
| Package | New speed | New price | Old price | Old speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 40 Mbps | KES 2,250 | KES 2,999 | 15 Mbps |
| Silver | 60 Mbps | KES 3,075 | KES 4,100 | 30 Mbps |
| Gold | 150 Mbps | KES 4,725 | KES 6,299 | 80 Mbps |
| Diamond | 500 Mbps | KES 9,375 | KES 12,499 | 500 Mbps |
| Platinum | 1,000 Mbps | KES 20,000 | KES 20,000 | 1,000 Mbps |
The discount applies to Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Diamond. Platinum keeps the same KES 20,000 monthly fee and the same gigabit speed.
What actually changed
There are really two stories sitting on top of each other.
The first is a speed story. Bronze users are getting almost 2.7 times the bandwidth they had a few months ago. Gold subscribers move from 80Mbps to 150Mbps, almost doubling. Silver doubles from 30 to 60Mbps. Diamond and Platinum keep their 500Mbps and 1Gbps caps respectively, which makes sense because those tiers were already redesigned during the September 2024 gigabit launch.
The second is a pricing story. The strikethrough prices in Safaricom’s product page (Ksh 2,999, Ksh 4,100, Ksh 6,299, Ksh 12,499) are the long-running standard rates. The numbers below them are the new monthly bills, and they represent a roughly 25 percent reduction. Safaricom has done seasonal Home Fibre discounts before, including the February 2025 promotion and the August 2025 promotion, so the structure is familiar. What is unusual this time is that the discount is sitting on top of materially higher speeds, not just lower prices on existing speeds.
Why now
Two things are pushing Safaricom’s hand.
The most visible pressure is competitive. On 1 May 2026, Savanna Fibre is launching residential fibre at KES 2,000 for 100Mbps, KES 4,500 for 250Mbps, and KES 10,000 for a full gigabit, as we reported in March. Faiba and Zuku, the latter now part of YAS after the Wananchi acquisition, have also been steadily improving their entry-level offers. Even at the new Bronze price of KES 2,250 for 40Mbps, Safaricom is still being undercut on raw price-per-Mbps by Savanna in Nairobi neighbourhoods where Savanna actually has fibre on the ground.
The less visible pressure is reputational. A Communications Authority report we covered in December 2025 confirmed that Safaricom still leads the fixed internet market with 2.29 million subscriptions, but a parallel ranking placed Kenyan fixed internet among the slowest in the world for the price paid. Bumping Bronze to 40Mbps is a fairly direct answer to that critique.
What this means for existing customers
If you are already a Home Fibre subscriber, the changes should appear on your account when your billing cycle renews. The Safaricom site does not currently flag a separate opt-in for the discount, which suggests it is being applied as part of a general promotional period rather than as a new permanent rate card. Customers should treat the lower prices as time-limited until Safaricom confirms otherwise.
The 15TB Fair Usage Policy threshold and the higher post-FUP speeds introduced in November 2025 remain in place. So a Gold customer in 2026 is now getting 150Mbps with a 15TB monthly cap and 8Mbps after FUP, paying KES 4,725. Eighteen months ago that same customer was on 40Mbps with a 1TB cap and 3Mbps after FUP, paying KES 6,299. That is a meaningful shift.
The bigger picture
The signal here is bigger than one price change. Between this update, the planned hourly, daily, and weekly pay-as-you-go fibre plans, and the FUP overhaul, Safaricom has effectively rewritten its Home Fibre product in twelve months. That is the behaviour of a market leader that has finally noticed the floor moving under it.
Whether the discount sticks past the next promotional window will be the real test. For now, if you have been waiting for a moment to upgrade or sign up, this is one of the better windows Safaricom has offered in a while.
