TRAVEL GUIDELINE

Travel Guideline

Requirements for traveling to Kenya

Passport and visa are required. One must obtain a visa, although airport visas of U.S. citizens are always present. Passengers who choose to obtain a visa should expect delays at the airport arrival. 25 Dollar a visa fees, whether obtained in advance or at the airport. Evidence of yellow fever vaccination may be required. Tourists in Kenya and neighboring African countries should ensure that their passport valid for at least six months beyond their expected stay for a few months, their passports and visa stamps contains enough blank pages.

Travelers may obtain the latest information on visas, and any other details from the Kenyan Embassy, 2249 R Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20008, telephone (202) 387-6101, or the Consulate General of Kenya in Los Angeles and New York City entry requirements. Outside the United States should and recently Kenya embassy or consulate. For the latest visa information for the Embassy of Kenya web site.

HIV / AIDS limits and restrictions: U.S. Department of State of any HIV / AIDS on Kenya's foreign visitors or residents unaware of the restrictions in Hong Kong. About dual nationality or the prevention of international child abduction can be found on the website.

Immunizations needed before travel

Immunization is no legal requirement to enter Kenya travel, if you are from Europe or the United States directly. If you are from a country where you need to prove the existence of yellow fever vaccination drive you have.

Several strongly recommended vaccines, they include:

Yellow fever

Typhoid fever

Hepatitis A

Diphtheria

It also recommends that you connect with your polio and tetanus vaccination date. Contact a travel clinic at least 3 months before you plan to travel. Here a list of U.S. residents travel clinic (Beare, 2006).

Safety and security information

August 7, 1998, al Qaeda bombed the U.S. embassies in Nairobi; killing more than 225 people were injured in the 5000 embassy. Outside the U.S. embassy then moved to the city center. November 28, 2002, al Qaeda launched, in Kikambala, Kenya, (near Mombasa), in which 15 people were killed in hotel bombings. A nearly simultaneous attempt to shoot down an Israeli charter flight leaving Mombasa was unsuccessful. These events highlight the continuing threat of terrorism in East Africa and the ability to attack terrorist organizations pose. U.S. citizens should be indiscriminate attacks on civilian targets risk in public places, including tourist sites and other sites known to Westerners gather understanding (Beare, 2006).

Presidential and parliamentary elections held on December 27, 2007. By the Electoral Commission of Kenya on December 30 announced the winners for the current President Mwai Kibaki announced that the candidates after the violence in the opposition stronghold. Violence, which seems to be the basis of race and politics, mainly in Nyanza, Rift Valley, and Western provinces, and parts of Nairobi and the coastal provinces. At least 1,500 people died in civil strife after the election result, more than 30 million internally displaced. In addition, disruption of public transport services, political violence occurred, the result of a strike or ...