The Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, June 19, informed its citizens that it had reached a deal with the Kenyan Government to scrap Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) fees.
Since January 2024, Ghanaians have been paying Ksh3,870 (USD30) ETA fees to enter Kenya despite Kenyans being exempted from visa requirements while travelling to Ghana.
The ETA fee was introduced by President William Ruto’s administration after he waved visa requirements for all global citizens.
Ghanaian government had raised complaints considering that the two countries had a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in immigration.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration wishes to inform the public that Kenya in recognition of the existing visa-free regime agreement between Kenya and Ghana has informed that Ghanaian travellers will now be issued an ETA on gratis upon application for travel to Kenya,” the statement read in part
“In that regard, Ghanaians intending to travel to Kenya are to submit their ETA application through www.etakenya.go.ke for approval prior to their departure.”
Kenya has been in the recent past waving ETA fees for countries that had previous visa-free agreements with.
In February, Ruto’s administration waived ETA fees for seven countries that had signed a visa-free agreement with Kenya between September 2022 and December 2023.
These countries included; Comoros, The Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mozambique, San Marino and South Africa.
The countries joined 7 East African Community (EAC) that had been previously exempted from the ETA fees.
Before President Ruto abolished visa requirements, citizens from 51 countries were able to jet into Kenya by the power of their passports.
The National Government has not issued a statement about whether the 51 countries in future will all be exempted from paying ETA fees.
Source: Kenyans.
