From 4am on 9 April visitors who have been in or transited through Kenya in the previous 10 days cannot enter the UK.
British and Irish nationals and third country nationals with residence rights in the UK arriving in England from Kenya will be required to quarantine in a hotel.
“If you travel to Kenya you will need to obtain a negative COVID-19 PCR test result, a medical certificate confirming you are free from coronavirus, and complete a COVID-19 Travellers Health Surveillance Form”.
Tourists and other dignitiaries wishing to travel back to the UK will have to follow guidelines set out by the British High Commission.
“Tourists (domestic and international) who are in different parts of Kenya, and need to go back home via Nairobi, will be able to travel by road to Nairobi until 2000 (local) on Sunday 28 March. The last trains to Nairobi will depart at 1500 (local) on Monday 29 March, domestic flights will run until 1800 (local) after which rail and domestic flights to Nairobi will be suspended.”
Kenya fell under this redlist for allegedly keeping the Tanzanian border open, despite the state’s refusal to acknowledge the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the Telegraph newspaper, Kenya was to be added to the ‘red list’ by March 29.
Kenya has been hesitant on closing the Tanzanian border to avert retaliation with one of its largest regional trade partner.
In August 2020, Tanzania banned four Kenyan airlines from its market as a tit-for-tat trade war between the two countries escalated after Nairobi included Tanzanians among travelers to be put under mandatory quarantine.
