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HISTORICAL FACTS: Bait and switch why kenya s no visa policy is drawing pushback | History Defined

President William Ruto said in December that Kenya would do away with visas, but critics say the the implementation of his policy has made travel to the country more difficult [File: Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]

Nairobi, Kenya – In September, Thomas Danso entered Kenya to attend the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi by using only his Ghanaian passport and a yellow fever certificate. He did not need a visa.

But by January when the 34-year-old, who works as a project manager for an international nonprofit in Accra, returned for a three-day workshop, that had changed.

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