GENERAL TRAVEL REQUIREMENT
1. All passengers arriving into Kenya through any point of entry must have a certificate of
COVID-19 vaccination. Travelers below the age of eighteen (18) years are exempt from this
requirement.
2. All passengers coming to Kenya must be in possession of a valid COVID-19 negative PCR
test certificate conducted within 72 hours before departure regardless of the route of entry.
Children below the age of five (5) years are exempt from this requirement.
3. Operating crew are exempt from COVID-19 test when on a layover between flights. They
must adhere to COVID-19 protocols from airport to hotel/residence and back to airport.
4. All travelers will be expected to fill the travelers’ locator form and submit before travel to
http://bit.ly/covid19moh and thereafter submit daily health information to “jitenge” platform
for 14 consecutive days.
5. All passengers with flu-like symptoms at the point of entry, or those who develop clinical symptoms within 14 days of arrival shall be placed into quarantine and be tested for COVID-19 at a government testing facility.
6. Any person who tests positive on antigen RDT at any point of entry will be isolated at a
Ministry of Health designated facility or at home for returning Kenyans and residents for ten
(10) days at the travelers own cost. Further they shall be subjected to a COVID-19 PCR
test before discharge.
7. Diplomats and Senior government officials will be exempt from quarantine but must be in
possession of negative PCR test conducted within 72 hours before travel.
8. Passengers travelling out of Kenya will require a COVID 19 vaccination certificate. In
addition, they will be required to abide by the particular travel, health and COVID-19 related
requirements of the destination country.
9. Pre-departure testing may be considered at the discretion of any of the airlines departing
from or terminating in Kenya.
EFFECTIVE 2nd DECEMBER 2021, ALL TRAVELERS ORIGINATING THEIR TRAVEL
OR TRANSITING THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES WILL BE REQUIRED TO
UNDERGO A FREE ARRIVAL RAPID ANTIGEN TEST AT POINT OF ENTRY.
1) South Africa 2. Botswana 3.Zimbabwe 4.Malawi
5. Eswatini 6.Lesotho 7.Namibia 8. Mozambique
9. Zambia 10.Malawi 11.Ghana 12.Nigeria
This list of countries shall be updated periodically based on the evidence on the evidence on
the evolution of the variant globally.
TRAVELLERS FROM THE FOLLOWING APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES WILL
BE EXEMPT FROM QUARANTINE. LIST UPDATED ON 21/12/2021.
1. Afghanistan
2. Albania
3. Algeria
4. Andorra
5. Angola
6. Anguilla
7. Antigua and
Barbuda
8. Argentina
9. Armenia
10.Aruba
11.Australia
12.Austria
13.Azerbaijan
14.Bahamas
15.Bahrain
16.Bangladesh
17.Barbados
18.Belarus
19.Belgium
20.Belize
21.Benin
22.Bermuda
23.Bhutan
24.Bonaire, Saint
Eustatius and
Saba
25.Bosnia and
Herzegovina
26.Botswana
27.Brazil
28.British Virgin
Islands
29.Brunei
30.Bulgaria
31.Burkina Faso
32.Burundi
33.Cabo Verde
34.Cambodia
35.Cameroon
36.Canada
37.Cayman Islands
38.Central African
Republic
39.Chad
40.Chile
41.China
42.Colombia
43.Commonwealth
of the Northern
Mariana Islands
44.Comoros
45.Congo
46.Costa Rica
47.Croatia
48.Cuba
49.Curaçao
50.Cyprus
51.Czech Republic
52.Democratic Republic
of Congo
53.Denmark
54.Djibouti
55.Dominica
56.Ecuador
57.Egypt
58.El Salvador
59.Equatorial Guinea
60.Eritrea
61.Estonia
62.Eswatini
63.Ethiopia
64.Faroe Islands
65.Fiji
66.Finland
67.France
68. French Guiana
69. French Polynesia
70.Gabon
71.Gambia
72.Georgia
73.Germany
74.Ghana
75. Gibraltar
76. Greece
77. Greenland
78. Grenada
79. Guadeloupe
80. Guam
81. Guatemala
82. Guernsey
83. Guinea
84. Guinea-Bissau
85. Guyana
86. Haiti
87. Holy See
88. Honduras
89. Hungary
90. Iceland
91. India
92. Indonesia
93. Iran (Islamic
Republic of)
94. Iraq
95. Ireland
96. Isle of Man
97. Israel
98. Italy
99. Ivory Coast
100. Jamaica
101. Japan
102. Jersey
103. Jordan
104. Kazakhstan
105. Kosovo
106. Kuwait
107. Kyrgyzstan
108. Lao People’s
Democratic
Republic
109. Latvia
110. Lebanon
111. Lesotho
112. Liberia
113. Libya
114. Liechtenstein
115. Lithuania
116. Luxembourg
117. Madagascar
118. Malawi
119. Malaysia
120. Maldives
121. Mali
122. Malta
123. Martinique
124. Mauritania
125. Mauritius
126. Mayotte
127. Mexico
128. Monaco
129. Mongolia
130. Montenegro
131. Montserrat
132. Morocco
133. Mozambique
134. Myanmar
135. Namibia
136. Nepal
137. Netherlands
138. New Caledonia
139. New Zealand
140. Nicaragua
141. Niger
142. Nigeria
143. North
Macedonia
144. Norway
145. Occupied
Palestinian
territory
146. Oman
147. Pakistan
148. Panama
149. Papua New
Guinea
150. Paraguay
151. Peru
152. Philippines
153. Plurinational
State of Bolovia
154. Poland
155. Portugal
156. Puerto Rico
157. Qatar
158. Réunion
159. Republic of
Moldovia
160. Romania
161. Russian
Federation
162. Rwanda
163. Saint
Barthélemy
164. Saint Kitts and
Nevis
165. Saint Lucia
166. Saint Martin
167. Saint Pierre
and Miquelon
168. Saint Vincent
and the
Grenadines
169. San Marino
170. Sao Tome and
Principe
171. Saudi Arabia
172. Senegal
173. Serbia
174. Seychelles
175. Sierra Leone
176. Singapore
177. Slovakia
178. Slovenia
179. Somalia
180. South Africa
181. South Korea
182. South Sudan
183. Spain
184. Sri Lanka
185. Sudan
186. Suriname
187. Sweden
188. Switzerland
189. Syrian Arab
Republic
190. Tajikistan
191. Thailand
192. Timor
-Leste
193. Trinidad and
Tobago
194. Togo
195. Tunisia
196. Turkey
197. Turks and
Caicos Islands
198. Uganda
199. Ukraine
200. United Arab
Emirates
201. United Kingdom
202. United Republic
of Tanzania
203. United
States of
America
204. United States of
Virgin Island
205. Uruguay
206. Uzbekistan
207. Venezuela
(Bolivarian
Republic of)
208. Viet Nam
209. Yemen
210. Zambia
211. Zimbabwe
