Can a member of the public buy a .co.ke here?
Not established. .co.ke was not among the namespaces on the page read on 2026-09-29. That is a fact about the page we read, not a finding that the registrar does not sell it.
Why it is not ranked
No .co.ke figure on the page read.
Namespaces on its own page
.com.net
What its page printed
Domain portal shows ".com Ksh.2,430", ".net Ksh.3,070" and a currency selector "Ksh. KES". No .co.ke figure and no VAT wording.
Read from https://domains.safaricom.co.ke/ on 2026-09-29. A storefront read establishes the language, the currency and the figure the page printed that day. It does not establish support quality, uptime or what a renewal will cost next year.
How the Kenya storefronts were read
KeNIC's list of licensed registrars (126 names, read in full after its lazy loading finished) was read on 2026-09-29, and eight Kenyan storefronts from it were opened and read again for .co.ke, the namespace Kenyan stores price. Whogohost returned 502 and Host Pro a bot wall, and Safaricom printed no .co.ke figure. Truehost and hosting.com print .co.ke in shillings without VAT wording, so HostPinnacle and HostAfrica, which state prices excluding 16% VAT, are ranked. On 2026-10-15 the remaining 114 registrars on KeNIC's list that publish a website were opened, so every registrar on the list with a published website has now been tried: 89 were read, 25 could not be, and 2 more print a comparable .co.ke price.
FAQ
Is Safaricom accredited to sell .co.ke?
What does Safaricom charge for a .co.ke domain?
Has this site tested Safaricom?
Sources
- Safaricom's own storefront, read 2026-09-29
- KeNIC accredited-registrar list, read 2026-09-29
- Accredited registrar directory, every company on a country registry's list
- Kenya page, every .co.ke storefront read, ranked by printed price
- /data/local-storefronts.json, this record, machine-readable
- /methodology/, why untested registrars carry no score