By Abdi Ali
Published June 12, 2021
Kenya has lifted the restrictions it had imposed on flights to and from Britain with immediate effect.
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In a letter to the British High Commission in Nairobi signed June 9, 2021, Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has instead announced that all COVID-19 restrictions earlier communicated by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority will be varied and that:
- all passengers and crew irrespective of nationality and residency status coming to Kenya from the United Kingdom, irrespective of their route of travel to Kenya must be in possession of a valid COVID-19 negative PCR test certificate conducted within 96 hours before travel except children below 5 years of age, and
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- all passengers and crew irrespective of nationality and residency status coming to Kenya from the United Kingdom, irrespective of their route of travel to Kenya shall be required to self-isolate for seven days upon arrival and take a subsequent PCR test four days after arrival. Passengers shall submit daily health information including the results of their second PCR test on the jitenge platform/app for 14 consecutive days.
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“These revised protocols,” the Ministry says, “will take effect as shall be advised by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority in a new NOTAM,” i.e a written notification issued to pilots before a flight, advising them of circumstances relating to the state of flying.