Kenya
Burundi passportEdit check
Visa-free, 180 days
The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Your stay
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Official wording
3. Citizens of the East African Partner States: These countries include Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda for a period not exceeding 180 days.
Aevamo’s reading
Regulations 15B and 15G, made under section 59 of the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, impose the Electronic Travel Authorization requirement on every person travelling into Kenya and define — through the Seventeenth Schedule — the only categories exempt from it; this is the instrument that creates the obligation, not a description of one created elsewhere.
Item 3 of the Seventeenth Schedule names the six East African Community partner states and exempts their citizens from the eTA, capping the stay at 180 days, so they need no advance authorisation and may stay up to 180 days.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
Legislation as at 30 May 2025 (Kenya Law point-in-time consolidation); the operative amendment L.N. 93/2025 took effect on 30 May 2025.
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.