Kenyans will still apply and pay visa fee to enter SA

[Kafrican]

Here is more proof Kenya is not on your level.... You think SA president would have said this in Tz?????


Zuma said Africa’s future looks bright as seen through the tripartite free trade area of EAC, SADC and COMESA which has 600 million people with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $1 trillion.
“The two countries have a good foundation for economic growth through good national economic development plans of Kenya’s vision 2030 and South Africa’s national development plan of 2030,” he said.
Zuma, who arrived in Nairobi on Tuesday at the start of his three-day visit to Kenya, said both plans are intended to transform the economies into rapidly industrialised nations offering their citizens a high quality of life.SA’s Zuma touts opportunities in Kenya | IOL


If he was in Tz he would be like, err,we have shared history, err we are friends, eer Africa hoiyee

 

[Yamakagashi]

Labda wewe labda ndiyo haijakusaidia hivyo usitake kusingizia watu wengine kwa kushindwa kwako, binafsi nawajua Watz walioitumia hii nafasi na kujiendeleza sana tu, nawajua Watz wanamiliki Migahawa, homesteady AK, wengine wamesoma kumaliza na kupata kazi huko, wengine wamekwenda kutibiwa n.k. hivyo faida ziko nyingi sana sema kwa kuwa tu wewe hauanufaika haimaniishi kwamba wengine hatunufaiki, mimi mwenyewe nilikuwa huko mwezi februari nimenunua tiketi tu na kupanda ndege bila ya bughudha!

Kushindwa kwangu ? Nimeshindwa nini ?
Kazi kubwa wanayofanya Watanzania hapo kwa Madiba ni kuuza sembe ,hutaki unaacha
Wewe sijui kama umeelewa nilicho uliza ,watu wanaenda kutibiwa ? Kutibiwa kuna uhusiano gani na kutokuwa na visa ? Unaongelea Migahawa wakati kaburu huku kwetu anachimba Tanzanite

 

[kabombe]

N what happened thereafter with misplaced aggresiveness u boast with ? Both Uchumi n KQ went burst minting losses like no one business! U people must be from Mars.. kabombe n Kafrican

I was just enjoying him...Kafrican

 

[Barbarosa]

Kushindwa kwangu ? Nimeshindwa nini ?
Kazi kubwa wanayofanya Watanzania hapo kwa Madiba ni kuuza sembe ,hutaki unaacha
Wewe sijui kama umeelewa nilicho uliza ,watu wanaenda kutibiwa ? Kutibiwa kuna uhusiano gani na kutokuwa na visa ? Unaongelea Migahawa wakati kaburu huku kwetu anachimba Tanzanite

Kwani kutibiwa siyo kufaidika? Unajua inachukuwa muda gani kupata viza kwa Mkenya/Mganya au sijui Mkongo kwenda kutibiwa AK?
Kila kitu ni relative hapa Duniani hivyo inategemea kwako kufaidika unamaanisha nini, lkn nijuavyo kuna Watz wengi tu ambao kuondolewa kwa viza kwenye AK kumewasaidia sana tu mimi nikiwa mmojawapo, kuna mambo mengi ambayo nisingeweza kuyafanya kwa uraisi kama ningehitajiwa kulipia na kupanga foleni kufanya maombi ya viza, na siko peke yangu nawajua wengi tu Watz waliojiendeleza na wanamiliki Biashara AK na TZ kwa pmj hii yote imerahisishwa na kuondolewa kwa viza!

 

[Geza Ulole]

Barbarosa hata huko ni mbali bongoflava imekua sasa Africa nzima kutokana na free movt hiyo hiyo! Artist wa Tanzania wameachana na video producers uchwara wa Nairobi

 

[Geza Ulole]

Kafrican, But COMESA is Egypt's toy!

 

[SACO]

Wanahangaika tu.. Mbona Wtz tunaingia any time tukitaka

 

[Chupaku]

kwelko, give us a reason why do Kenyans have to apply for SA visa a month in advance n get screened n yet u still waived visa for South Africans? Shouldn't we say u r literary licking their tanyees dry? Isn't Kenya a middle income 😛?

Kenya bwana. I like our neighbours. Yani wakasema - ooh Zuma state visit indicate that Kenya is a respected country in East Africa. Yani niliwacheka sana. Na tutaona huyo Amina wenu atakapofika, kwanini hamkumtoa tangu awali? Mpaka muone udhaifu ndio mnajua kuna Amina. Watch this space
Popcorn please

 

[Depay]

Kenya bwana. I like our neighbours. Yani wakasema - ooh Zuma state visit indicate that Kenya is a respected country in East Africa. Yani niliwacheka sana. Na tutaona huyo Amina wenu atakapofika, kwanini hamkumtoa tangu awali? Mpaka muone udhaifu ndio mnajua kuna Amina. Watch this space
Popcorn please

Umesema nini sasa???

 

[Kafrican]

Kafrican, But COMESA is Egypt's toy!

but Egypt is No.2 with Kenya leading the amount of trade within comesa

 

[Kafrican]

Kwani kutibiwa siyo kufaidika? Unajua inachukuwa muda gani kupata viza kwa Mkenya/Mganya au sijui Mkongo kwenda kutibiwa AK?
Kila kitu ni relative hapa Duniani hivyo inategemea kwako kufaidika unamaanisha nini, lkn nijuavyo kuna Watz wengi tu ambao kuondolewa kwa viza kwenye AK kumewasaidia sana tu mimi nikiwa mmojawapo, kuna mambo mengi ambayo nisingeweza kuyafanya kwa uraisi kama ningehitajiwa kulipia na kupanga foleni kufanya maombi ya viza, na siko peke yangu nawajua wengi tu Watz waliojiendeleza na wanamiliki Biashara AK na TZ kwa pmj hii yote imerahisishwa na kuondolewa kwa viza!

It takes 5 working days, sidhani kama kuna mtu ata awe mgonjwa ambaye atarauka leo na aamue leo naenda SA..... so for someone who plans ahed 5working days si ndefu.

Beaides, hata hao wa SA hatuwalipishi kitu lakini vile tunaenda, tunahitaji kila mtu kuchukua visa ya online ambayo pia maximum waiting time ni 5 days, hakutakua na cha visa on arival tena

 

[Kafrican]

This is what currently exists -kenyans travellibg yo SA



The following decisions regarding travel between Kenya and South Africa were taken:
• Visa exemption for holders of diplomatic and official passports
• A decrease in the service fee. Fees have been decreased from $71 to $49, a downscale of $22, or about R300.
• The issuing of three year multiple entry visas for frequent travellers
• Issuing of study visas for the duration of students' study periods (including extending permanent residents to those studying in the critical skill categories)
• Removal of transit visa for travellers transiting through South African airports

New visa amendments ease travel between Kenya and SA

 

[Geza Ulole]

This is what currently exists -kenyans travellibg yo SA



The following decisions regarding travel between Kenya and South Africa were taken:
• Visa exemption for holders of diplomatic and official passports
• A decrease in the service fee. Fees have been decreased from $71 to $49, a downscale of $22, or about R300.
• The issuing of three year multiple entry visas for frequent travellers
• Issuing of study visas for the duration of students' study periods (including extending permanent residents to those studying in the critical skill categories)
• Removal of transit visa for travellers transiting through South African airports

New visa amendments ease travel between Kenya and SA

That was May 03, nothing has changed as Uhuru anticipated with Zuma's visit

New visa amendments ease travel between Kenya and SA
Louzel Lombard | Traveller24

16:47 03/05/2016


Cape Town - Discussions held between Kenya's Minister of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government of Kenya, Joseph Nkaissery, and SA's Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba, will see travel regulations eased between the two countries' borders.

One of the main adjustments to the visa regulations will see an issuing of a three-year multiple entry visa for frequent travellers. Visa service fees have also been decreased by more than R300.

In July 2015, South Africa’s controversial visa regulations, which required Kenyans to submit applications for clearance to travel and wait for seven working days to confirm whether a visa would be issued, was described as a violation of bilateral agreement between the countries, according to Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Amina Mohammed.

Such issues has been resolved and improved according to the Department of Home Affairs, following Minister Gigaba's three-day visit to the country from 2 to 4 May.

During the visit, the two Ministers "opened an important door to the establishment of a high-level strategic dialogue that will ensure issues are resolved amicably and expeditiously," the DHA said.

The following decisions regarding travel between Kenya and South Africa were taken:

• Visa exemption for holders of diplomatic and official passports

• A decrease in the service fee. Fees have been decreased from $71 to $49, a downscale of $22, or about R300.

• The issuing of three year multiple entry visas for frequent travellers

• Issuing of study visas for the duration of students' study periods (including extending permanent residents to those studying in the critical skill categories)

• Removal of transit visa for travellers transiting through South African airports

• Ten year multiple entry visas for frequent business travellers and academics

The latter, awarding frequent African business travellers multiple entry visas, also formed part of South Africa's previous visa regulation adjustment which aims to spur business travel on the African continent.

The new flight route between Kenya's Nairobi and Cape Town in SA, taking off in July this year, will be a certain hit for travellers, especially considered along the eased visa regulations.

Kenya is in the process of easing visa regulations for travellers from all over, to enhance tourism in the country.

In January this year, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced plans to waive visa fees for children under the age of 16. While this move will still require visa regulations to be in place for minors to obtain access into the country, there will be no costs involved.

The country also launched e-visas for UK and Irish travellers in July last year, which raised the question why the DHA in South Africa was making visa requirements to the country more strict.

Regarding the new eased regulations between Kenya and SA, the DHA says they will continue meet with representatives of the Kenyan/South African private sector with a view to learning the challenges faced by the Kenyan business community in their travels to South Africa as well as exchanging views on how to ease the business people’s visa requests.

They said they will continue to discuss ways to ease travel between the two countries.

The announcement of adjustments to the visa regulations between Kenya and SA comes after Gigaba's three – day official visit to Kenya from 2 to 4 May this year.


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[Geza Ulole]

Disappointment for Kenyans as South Africa maintains visa rules

PRINTRATING

South African President Jacob Zuma (left) speaks next to his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta during a press conference on October 11, 2016 in Nairobi. AFP PHOTO | SIMON MAINA

By NEVILLE OTUKI and LYNETTE MUKAMI

Posted Tuesday, October 11 2016 at 15:45
IN SUMMARY

• South Africa says issue being worked on by the two countries despite declining to give timelines for easing visa restrictions.
• The news will be a blow for Kenyan travellers to the Southern African country which has tough visa conditions for Kenyans.
• Mr Zuma said more economic cooperation will create a favourable environment to ease doing business between Kenya and South Africa.

Kenya and South Africa have inked deals in military and police cooperation as well as agreeing to jointly invest in the Lamu Port South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) corridor even as the country remained non-committal on easing visa restrictions for Kenyans.

South African President Jacob Zuma, who is on three-day state visit to Nairobi, however said the issue was still being discussed and pledged to bolster ties with Kenya.

"It is a matter in progress and it is being worked on by the two countries," Mr Zuma said Tuesday when pressed by a journalist on the timelines for easing its visa rules.

"We have to ensure that there are no loopholes for criminals to take advantage of," he added.

The news will be a disappointment for Kenyan travellers to the southern African country which has tough visa conditions for Kenyans, including a Ksh4,200 ($41.5) processing fee that takes at least five working days to process.

South African nationals have it easier as they can get a Kenyan visa for free on arrival to the country.

Economic, financial cooperation

While speaking during the joint press conference at State House, Mr Zuma said further economic cooperation would create a favourable environment to ease doing business between Kenya and South Africa.

"We have agreed to increase trade between remove trade barriers between our two countries," the South African leader said.

Mr Kenyatta said they have instructed their respective finance ministers to develop a special framework for engagement in the financial services sector.

Mr Zuma also urged South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar to return home and participate in President Salva Kiir's transitional government.

The leader said he and Mr Kenyatta had agreed that there was need for structural reform in multilateral organisations such as the United Nations for the benefit of developing countries like Kenya and South Africa.

Disappointment for Kenyans as South Africa maintains visa rules