Kenya opens 14-day consultation on draft border-control regulations

Kenya has opened a 14-day public consultation on draft regulations that would set a coordinated framework for managing the country's entry and exit points. The Border Control and Operations Coordination Committee issued the notice on Friday, 2 October 2026, and comments run until 16 October 2026, according to reports by Kenyans.co.ke and Kenya Today on 2 October.

The draft is titled the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Border Control and Operations Co-ordination) Regulations, 2026. According to the two reports, it covers entry and exit points across land, sea and air borders and provides for:

• screening procedures for people entering or leaving Kenya;
• real-time intelligence and data sharing between security and trade agencies;
• closer coordination among the Directorate of Immigration Services, the Kenya Revenue Authority, the National Police Service and the Kenya Ports Authority; and
• integration of modern border-tracking systems.

The committee said the regulations would promote a whole-of-government approach, Kenyans.co.ke reported.

Members of the public can send written comments to the Border Management Secretariat at Nyayo House, Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, or use the email address given in the official notice.

Both consultation reports say the draft follows a 90-day government directive requiring foreign small-scale business operators to regularise their immigration documents and business registrations. Africanews reported on 9 September that presidential spokesperson Hussein Mohamed had said that every person conducting business in Kenya must comply with immigration, work-permit, registration and licensing requirements and that, over the next 90 days, the government would conduct an orderly regularisation exercise.