Kenya

Level moderateupdated 5 min ago
What governments advise19 states tracked
7 nothing to report10 increased caution2 advise against non-essential travel
Mira Safe's take

A country you can visit normally, with the usual precautions.

1alerts in progress2 / 19states advise against travel4.9homicides / 100,000 inhab.49events over 12 months
HighCritical

What are the main risks in Kenya?

Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 49 events there, including 19 severe. The most frequent: Wildfire, Flood, Armed conflict.

Is there a government travel advisory for Kenya?

Yes — of the 19 governments we track, 2 advise against travel and 10 urge extra caution. The detail is in the security section below.

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Kenya: current alerts and safety news

The alerts open right now, all sources combined — weather, seismic, satellite, health and state advisories.

UK (FCDO) travel advisory — Kenya

4 months ago · 18 sources

High

Last 90 days

  • Calm
  • Moderate / High
  • Critical
  • N/A
July 14October 11

Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.

Is it safe to travel to Kenya?

The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to some areas of the country, and against all but essential travel to others. The restriction covers certain areas only, not the whole country, and the notice lists which ones. Read it before you book anything outside your usual routes. Over the last 12 months, 21 records were logged here, 6 of them severe. Armed conflict is what carries the highest stakes: 6 records, none of them rated severe. Floods and wildfires account for 6 records each, with 1 and 3 severe. Both follow a season here, and so do the bad air spells. The homicide rate is 4.9 per 100,000 against a world median of 2.1, and that number measures homicide alone. Records bunch up in July, then March, and thin out in January, all hazards counted together.

What it changes for a nomad

Level 3 of 4 makes this a question of where more than when. For a long stay, the restricted areas are the part that matters, so check the official notice before any trip off your normal circuit, and again if your plans change. Day to day, flooding is what is most likely to reach you: cut roads, power that drops, a commute that doubles. Ask locally which stretch of the year brings the rain where you live, because that season is real here. Fires and smoky air work the same way. July holds the most records with all hazards counted together and January the fewest, which is a rough guide, not a rule. For work, plan for the grid to fail: one severe outage was logged over the last 12 months. Keep a power bank and mobile data that hold up without wifi.

Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 23, 2026 · does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced →

1 earlier analysis

  1. August 21, 2026

    The UK FCDO advises against all travel to certain areas of Kenya and against all but essential travel to some areas. You're in a level 3 environment where conflict is the highest-stakes recurring hazard with 6 incidents recorded over the last 12 months. Floods and wildfires each occur regularly and can turn severe; one flood reached severity level 3. Occasional power outages and air quality issues add friction but with lower stakes. Your homicide rate is 4.9 per 100k, compared to the world median of 2.1. Three live alerts are currently active.

To watch right now

  • Three alerts are open right now, so check what they cover before you move around.
  • The official travel advice is current and rules out some areas entirely; read it again before any trip off your usual circuit.
  • A flood and a drought were both logged recently at a high level, so where they hit, roads and water supply can still be off.

To watch as a rule

  • Floods, which follow a season here and take out roads and power first.
  • Fires, which carry the most severe records over the last 12 months: 3 of their 6.
  • Armed conflict, few records but the highest stakes of anything logged here.
  • Spells of heavy air, which also come with a season.

Good reflexes

  • Read the UK travel notice for Kenya before you book any trip outside the areas you already know.
  • Ask your host whether the road to your place floods, and what they do when it happens.
  • Charge a power bank and keep your laptop above half before a work day.
  • Download offline maps for any trip out of town while you still have wifi.
  • When smoke or haze settles in, move your work indoors and keep the windows shut.

Kenya: travel advisories and areas to avoid

What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country — converging or not. The everyday reference.

Avoid some areas
Converging advisories fromAustraliaAustriaCanadaDenmarkUnited Kingdom (FCDO)FinlandFrance (Quai d'Orsay)Germany (Auswärtiges Amt)IrelandItalyJapanSouth KoreaNetherlandsNew ZealandPolandSwedenSwitzerlandUS State Department

the official notice lists the areas concerned

Zones cited by government advisories

Advised against (all travel)

  • North-Eastern
  • Coast
  • Rift Valley
  • Nairobi

Advised against unless essential

  • Coast
  • North-Eastern
  • Nairobi
  • Eastern
  • Mombasa
  • Central
  • Rift Valley

Flags show which of the tracked governments cite each zone. Red takes precedence over orange.

Avoid all travel (French advisory)

  • It is formally advised against staying at the border between Kenya and Somalia, due to troop movements at the border, recurring threats, and incursions and attacks carried out by the Al Shabab movement on Kenyan soil.

Avoid unless essential (French advisory)

  • Given the recurring insecurity and the lack of minimal infrastructure, the remote regions of West Pokot, Turkana, Marsabit, and Isiolo counties are advised against except for compelling reasons.

Translated from the French advisory — hover a line to read the official wording.

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  • Advised against by 4+ states
  • Advised against by 1 state
  • Advised against unless essential

Kenya: quality of life and safety in figures

Everyday living conditions, on the few indicators published for every country in the world. Background for a stay — not what is happening today.

Favourable vs the world median

  • New displacements, conflict: 0.13 per 1,000 people (median 0.48)

Watch out vs the world median

  • Homicides: 4.9 per 100,000 people (median 2.3)
  • Air quality (PM2.5): 20.3 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
  • Road deaths: 28.3 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
  • Physicians: 0.29 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
  • Hospital beds: 1.3 per 1,000 people (median 2.4)
  • Life expectancy at birth: 63.8 years (median 74.7)
  • New displacements, disasters: 11.1 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)
Air quality (PM2.5)
20.3µg/m³ · 2023

Above the world median (17.3) · lower is better

WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³

Road deaths
28.3per 100,000 people · 2019

Above the world median (15.2) · lower is better

Physicians
0.29per 1,000 people · 2023

Below the world median (1.7) · higher is better

Hospital beds
1.3per 1,000 people · 2019

Below the world median (2.4) · higher is better

Life expectancy at birth
63.8years · 2024

Below the world median (74.7) · higher is better

New displacements, conflict
0.13per 1,000 people · 2023

Below the world median (0.48) · lower is better

7,700 people in total

New displacements, disasters
11.1per 1,000 people · 2023

Above the world median (0.73) · lower is better

641,000 people in total

Refugees hosted
10.7per 1,000 people · 2025

617,125 people in total

218,646 asylum seekers

People living in internal displacement
0people · 2025

Security and violence

Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026

6.1/10 — high

Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.

4.9homicides per 100,000 people (2022)

Above the world median (2.3).

Source: UNODC, via the World Bank (CC BY 4.0)

47documented deaths from organized armed violence, last 12 months

Source: UCDP (Uppsala University), CC BY 4.0 — academic records published 1–3 months later, through 2026-06. Not a live indicator.

Homicides are the only crime figure that exists worldwide under an open licence. It says nothing about theft or scams — no reliable worldwide data exists for those; official state advisories are the honest day-to-day reference.

National figures, published once a year and often a few years behind: an order of magnitude for daily life, never the situation right now. Sources: World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · UNHCR

Kenya: natural disasters and risks in figures

Last 30 days · 11 events

Eventsof which severe
  • Wildfire85 5 severe
  • Internet outage11 1 severe
  • Flood1
  • Risk1

Last 12 months · 49 events

Eventsof which severe
  • Wildfire2816 16 severe
  • Flood7
  • Armed conflict6
  • Risk2
  • Internet outage11 1 severe
  • Power outage11 1 severe
  • Armed attack11 1 severe
  • Civil unrest1

+ 2 more types · 2 events

By month

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