You need to be vaccinated to visit the prisons

Prisoner visitors will now be required to provide proof of vaccination.

You need to be vaccinated to visit the prisons

Talking to Prisons Commissioner-General Wycliffe Ogalo said visitors must show evidence that they have been fully vaccinated before being allowed in. Last year, the government suspended prison visits to prevent the spread of Covid-19 but officials plan to start allowing visitors again.

"We will demand that those who come to visit our inmates must prove that they are safe by showing that they have been vaccinated," he said. The Ministry of Health and the Kenya Prisons Service last week launched the first phase of a vaccination program for prison staff and inmates. Interior Chief Administrative Secretary Winnie Guchu said 90 per cent of prisoners in Kenya have been vaccinated against Covid-19 and the ban on prison visits will be lifted once all inmates have been vaccinated.