COVID-19 has been the center of many facets of our lives over the past few years. Luckily, there might be a way out of this crisis after all. Governments around the world are now focusing on offering their populations access to COVID-19 vaccines and Kenya is no different.
Any Kenyan citizen above the age of 18 can walk into any of
the accredited vaccination centers across the country and get vaccinated.
(Subject to vaccine availability, of course.)
A few months ago, while appearing before the National Assembly’s Health Committee yesterday, Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache said that fully vaccinated people can download their certificate from the Chanjo platform and present it to travel agencies.
“After getting your two doses, you can easily get your
certificate through the platform and present it to various traveling agencies,”
So yes, getting your COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate in
Kenya is pretty easy and in this post, we shall quickly guide you through how
to do so.
It is recommended that you do this after getting both doses
as you won’t be issued with a certificate if you haven’t been fully vaccinated.
- Go to https://portal.health.go.ke and create an account if you don’t have one already.
It is important to ensure your info is correct so make sure you double-check.
- Once on the Dashboard, you might be asked to enter your identification type, along with the ID number.
You need to enter the ID Type and ID Number that you used when signing up to book an appointment or the one you provided at the Vaccination center.
Select the options and key in your info correctly and proceed to search for vaccinee. Should everything work out, you will see details you provided at the vaccination center, info about your next of kin, and so on.
If everything is in order, find and click on the Vaccination Tab to get details on your vaccination status.
If you have received your two COVID-19 vaccine doses, you
should see a button for ‘Vaccination Certificate‘.
This should then lead you to a page with your COVID-19
Vaccination certificate with the option to download it as a PDF. Simply
download it and save it for use and you can even print it afterward should you
need to.
The COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate in Kenya should look something like the image above.
And that is it! In other countries, you need to present your
vaccination certificate to be able to visit many establishments and while Kenya
hasn’t gotten to that level yet, it is pretty important that we all get
vaccinated so go on, get those life-saving jabs.