Wednesday 25th March 2009
We are informed that Port Health officials at the Airport have stepped up efforts to check for compliance by arriving passengers for the Yellow Fever vaccination certificates. These certificates are required not only for passengers coming from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission but also those who may have transited through such countries. Whereas the Yellow Fever certificate requirement is not new, there may have been some laxity in carrying out these checks in the past.
We have further confirmed with officials at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (Nairobi) that any incoming passengers who do not have the Certificate and are required to have it (or in some cases those with a fake certificate) will be vaccinated at the Airport if they wish to enter the country. The cost of the vaccination is Kshs. 1,000.
Kindly inform all your in-coming clients of the requisite rules and ensure that those who require the Certificate are compliant.
Travellers from the following Countries MUST have the certificate when coming into Kenya:
1. Angola
2. Benin
3. Bolivia
4. Brazil
5. Burkina Faso
6. Burundi
7. Cameroon
8. Central Africa Republic
9. Colombia Congo
10. Congo
11. Code d’ voire
12. Ecuador
13. Equatorial Guinea
14. Ethiopia
15. French Guyana
16. Gabon
17. Gambia
18. Ghana
19. Guinea
20. Guyana
21. Liberia
22. Mali
23. Mauritania
24. Niger
25. Nigeria
26. panama
27. Paraguay
28. Peru
29. Senegal
30. Somali
31. Sudan
32. Togo
33. Uganda
34. United Republic of Tanzania
35. Venezuela
36. Rwanda
37. Kenya
The above countries include all countries in West Africa, Central and East Africa and South America.