Kenya
Mali passportEdit check
Visa-free, 60 days
The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Your stay
Add your arrival date to work out the stay that fits this rule.
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Official wording
5. Nationals of the following African countries for a period not exceeding sixty (60) days— … Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sudan, Togo and Tunisia,
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 5 of the Seventeenth Schedule lists exactly the African nationalities in this row and exempts them from the eTA for a stay not exceeding sixty days, so they need no advance authorisation and may stay up to 60 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.