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Kenya eTA applicants must buy travel insurance via official eTA portal, effective 5 Oct 2026
What the official announcement says
Kenya Airways alert (last updated 15 October 2026) says that, per Kenya Civil Aviation Authority directives effective 5 October 2026, travellers applying for a Kenya Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) must purchase travel insurance at the point of application through the official eTA portal (etakenya.go.ke). Foreign travel insurance policies are not accepted; exempt categories are listed in the official circular available during application. Verified from Kenya Airways's official page on 2026-11-02 21:37 UTC; the Radar could not obtain this notice through its automatic collector in this run.
Official source and updates
The original announcement states: Kenya eTA applicants must buy travel insurance via official eTA portal, effective 5 Oct 2026
Kenya Airways alert (last updated 15 October 2026) says that, per Kenya Civil Aviation Authority directives effective 5 October 2026, travellers applying for a Kenya Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) must purchase travel insurance at the point of application through the official eTA portal (etakenya.go.ke). Foreign travel insurance policies are not accepted; exempt categories are listed in the official circular available during application. Verified from Kenya Airways's official page on 2026-11-02 21:37 UTC; the Radar could not obtain this notice through its automatic collector in this run.
Source last checked: November 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM UTC
AeroDue ID: ke-kq-operational:verified:ke-kq-eta-insurance-2026-10-05 · Report: October 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC
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Kenya eTA applicants must buy travel insurance via official eTA portal, effective 5 Oct 2026 · AeroDue · https://www.aerodue.com/en-gb/upcoming-disruptions/notices/ke-kq-operational-verified-ke-kq-eta-insurance-2026-10-05-71d7384c9868cd37/ · https://www.kenya-airways.com/en-ke/travel-alerts/