NEWS UPDATE CONCERNING TRAVELING TO KENYA BY THE FOREIGN OFFICE
This advice has been reviewed and reissued with amendments to the Travel Summary and the Safety and Security – Terrorism, Crime and Local Travel sections. The overall level of the advice has changed and we now advise against all but essential travel to coastal areas within 150km of the Kenya-Somalia border. This includes the Lamu area. We also advise against all but essential travel to low income areas of Nairobi, including all township or slum areas.