Can you bring e-cigarettes or vapes to Kenya?

• E-cigarettes

  depends on specifics

  Kenya's e-cigarette import status is actively contested in court, not settled. Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced a directive on 31 May 2025 suspending the manufacturing, importation, distribution, sale and promotion of nicotine products and requiring all existing licensees to reapply. On 4 June 2025, Justice Bahati Mwamuye of the High Court issued a conservatory order — following a petition by Susan Awino — restraining the government "from implementing or enforcing the decision suspending all licences and import clearances," pending full determination of the case. A separate, broader ban announcement is also reported for 30 July 2025.

  No Kenya Gazette notice was found for either the ban or the court order — this is reported only through Kenyan mainstream press (The Standard), not a government-primary document. Given the active litigation, don't treat either 'banned' or 'allowed' as settled — check current status before relying on this for travel planning.

  Also covers: e-cigarette, vape, vaping liquid, e-liquid

  Checked 2026-09-18 — Source: The Standard (Kenya) — 'Court halts CS Duale's ban on nicotine product licences and importation'

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