Lord Steel of Aikwood – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Steel of Aikwood on 2014-06-10.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their current travel advice for visits to Kenya.

Baroness Warsi

We keep our travel advice under constant review. As of 12 June, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office advised against all but essential travel to:

– areas within 60km of the Kenya-Somali border

– Kiwayu and coastal areas north of Pate Island

– Garissa District

– the Eastleigh area of Nairobi

– low income areas of Nairobi, including all township or slum areas

– Mombasa island and within 5km of the coast from Mtwapa creek in the north down to and including Tiwi in the south (this area does not include Diani or Moi international airport).