Mandatory Travel insurance for Kenya

Kenya has now built mandatory travel health insurance into its ETA process. Here is what you need to know to keep your clients’ journeys running smoothly.

What’s Changed

• Effective immediately, insurance is built into all new ETA applications. Applicants cannot complete the ETA without it.
• Who it applies to: Foreign visitors staying less than 12 months, at all points of entry (air, land and water). EAC citizens are exempt.

Key Details

• Cost: The premium is US$44 per traveller, plus additional charges.
• Cover period: Quotes currently show three months.
• Existing policies: There is currently no option to upload cover bought independently.
• Policies can be purchased here.
• This mandatory insurance should be taken out in addition to comprehensive personal travel insurance.

How Your Clients Can Get Covered

• During the ETA application: Insurance is purchased as part of the process.
• In advance: It can also be bought separately via eCitizen and is automatically detected when the ETA is submitted.