Kenya at a glance for the Zakat payer: Africa region, Kenyan shilling (KES) as the money of the calculation, and a Muslim community whose main languages include Swahili, English. Below you will find today's indicative Nisab values in Kenyan shilling, the gold and silver Nisab expressed in Kenyan shilling, how giving is usually organised in Kenya, what Ramadan 2027 will look like, and the calculators that do the arithmetic for you. Kenya sits in the Africa region, and the main languages of its Muslim community include Swahili, English — the rules below are the universal Shariah rules, expressed entirely in local terms.
At the reference prices used for this guide — gold at USD 76.42 per gram and silver at USD 0.98 per gram, converted at 129 KES per US dollar — the gold Nisab in Kenya is KES 862,394 (87.48g × KES 9,858 per gram) and the silver Nisab is KES 77,415 (612.36g × KES 126 per gram). Treat both figures as indicative: the KES rate and the metal markets move daily, which is why the calculator reprices the thresholds at the moment of use. The practical consequence in Kenya: net savings that pass KES 77,415 and stay there for a lunar year are zakatable at 2.5% under the silver standard most scholars recommend for cash.
In daily practice, most Zakat is paid through a small number of well-worn channels: local Zakat committees that collect and distribute within the community, mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan and charity platforms and mobile giving apps. Whichever route you choose, Zakat must actually reach people inside Quran 9:60's eight categories, and become theirs in law and fact (tamlik). Plenty of households here the calculation is settled at home, then the payment is split across two or three trusted routes. Put the practical questions first: keep the receipt beside your calculation report, noting the Hijri date of payment beside the Gregorian one. Because community life in Kenya runs in Swahili, English, make sure family instructions are understood in that language.
Ramadan 2027 is expected to open on Monday 8 February 2027 in Kenya as elsewhere, pending the sighted crescent and the announcement followed locally. The final ten nights open at Maghrib on 27 February 2027, Laylat al-Qadr being sought on the odd nights (27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March) the likeliest, the 27th, opening on the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The final fast should fall on 8 or 9 March 2027, and Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. In the capital, Nairobi, the opening fast runs from Fajr at 05:31 to Maghrib at 18:52, and the full month for the capital is tabulated in the Ramadan 2027 timetable for Kenya — Nairobi.
A resident of Kenya holding KES 433,521 across cash and savings accounts , roughly 5.6 times the silver Nisab, and no debts due. Above the Nisab and held for a full lunar year, making the Zakat KES 10,838 at 2.5%. Gold, business stock or foreign currency would be added in KES first, with the 2.5% applied to the combined net total.
The short answer for Kenya: gold stands at KES 862,394 (87.48 grams of gold) and silver's is KES 77,415 for 612.36 grams of silver. Those conversions rest on a gold gram at KES 9,858 and silver at KES 126 the gram in Kenya at the 129 KES reference rate. Both metals trade daily, so use the live calculator for the binding figure on your due date; silver is the standard most scholars advise for cash.
Zakat in Kenya is calculated in KES, the Kenyan shilling. Wealth held in other currencies are converted into KES at the due-date rate then judged with everything else . Method is portable; money is local: 2.5% of net zakatable wealth above the Nisab, after one full lunar year.
Add up everything zakatable you own in KES — cash and savings, metals priced today, business stock, investments and money owed to you. Net off debts due, then compare the net figure with the Nisab in KES — silver first (KES 77,415). If it reaches the Nisab and a lunar year has passed, is charged at 2.5% of the whole amount — the worked example on this page turns KES 433,521 of net savings into KES 10,838 of Zakat.
Fitrana (Zakat al-Fitr) is not a fixed ZakatSuite figure: it is one sa' of staple (about 2–3 kg of wheat, rice, flour or dates) for each person. Scholars in Kenya announce the KES rate each Ramadan, because it tracks the price of staple food in KES, not any international figure. The count is per person, including children, and deliver it before the Eid prayer. The Fitrana calculator on this site multiplies the announced local rate by your household size.
Regionally, Kenya is grouped with the rest of Africa; with Swahili, English recorded as its community languages. The country code is KE, (zakatsuite.com/ke) — and this address for the full guide. The full set of 209 tools runs for Kenya in KES, so nothing on the platform is closed to a payer here.