{"id":154013,"date":"2024-02-21T05:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T05:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T05:37:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T05:37:18","slug":"kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Waives Electronic Visa Fee for Ethiopians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-307826\" alt=\"\" width=\"856\" height=\"401\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ethiopia.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-307826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ethiopia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"856\" height=\"401\"  \/>Kenya has waived the mandatory $30 fee for Ethiopians seeking electronic travel authorization to enter the country.<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia\u2019s Ambassador to Kenya, Bacha Debele Buta, declared that Ethiopian nationals can now visit Kenya without any charges.<\/p>\n<p>However, he emphasized that individuals seeking approval must complete the obligatory Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) forms for entry into the country.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe kindly inform our citizens that they can enter into Kenya without any requirement for visa and its related payment, but the requirement to fill eTA form online before arrival, remains mandatory,\u201d<\/em> the ambassador noted.<\/p>\n<p>Amb. Buta went on to express gratitude to President William Ruto\u2019s administration for the directive.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMy heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the Government of Kenya for its prompt response and [the] kind decision to remove Ethiopian citizens from the Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) related electronic payment requirement,\u201d<\/em> Buta said.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, citizens of both countries can travel without the need to obtain a visa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya has waived the mandatory $30 fee for Ethiopians seeking electronic travel authorization to enter the country. Ethiopia\u2019s Ambassador to Kenya, Bacha Debele Buta, declared that Ethiopian nationals can now visit Kenya without any charges. However, he emphasized that individuals seeking approval must complete the obligatory Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) forms for entry into the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":154014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya Waives Electronic Visa Fee for Ethiopians - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kenya Waives Electronic Visa Fee for Ethiopians - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kenya has waived the mandatory $30 fee for Ethiopians seeking electronic travel authorization to enter the country. Ethiopia\u2019s Ambassador to Kenya, Bacha Debele Buta, declared that Ethiopian nationals can now visit Kenya without any charges. However, he emphasized that individuals seeking approval must complete the obligatory Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) forms for entry into the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-21T05:37:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/21\\\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/21\\\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Kenya Waives Electronic Visa Fee for Ethiopians\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-21T05:37:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/21\\\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":162,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/21\\\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Kenya News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/21\\\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/21\\\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/21\\\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kenya Waives Electronic Visa Fee for Ethiopians - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/21\\\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/21\\\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-21T05:37:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/21\\\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/21\\\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/21\\\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/21\\\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kenya Waives Electronic Visa Fee for Ethiopians\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kenya Waives Electronic Visa Fee for Ethiopians - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kenya Waives Electronic Visa Fee for Ethiopians - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Kenya has waived the mandatory $30 fee for Ethiopians seeking electronic travel authorization to enter the country. Ethiopia\u2019s Ambassador to Kenya, Bacha Debele Buta, declared that Ethiopian nationals can now visit Kenya without any charges. However, he emphasized that individuals seeking approval must complete the obligatory Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) forms for entry into the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-02-21T05:37:18+00:00","author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Kenya Waives Electronic Visa Fee for Ethiopians","datePublished":"2024-02-21T05:37:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/"},"wordCount":162,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Kenya News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/","name":"Kenya Waives Electronic Visa Fee for Ethiopians - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2024-02-21T05:37:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/kenya-waives-electronic-visa-fee-for-ethiopians\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kenya Waives Electronic Visa Fee for Ethiopians"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}