Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sashin sabis na Kenya, wanda ke ba da gudummawa kusan kashi 63% na GDP, ya mamaye yawon shakatawa. Bangaren yawon bude ido ya nuna ci gaba mai dorewa bayan samun 'yanci kuma a ƙarshen shekarun 1980 ya zama babban tushen musayar kasashen waje na kasar. A ƙarshen shekarun 1990, wani tashin hankali da ya shafi ta'addanci a yawon shakatawa ya biyo bayan fashewar bam na 1998 na Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka a Nairobi
da kuma shawarwarin tafiye-tafiye daga gwamnatocin kasashen yamma. Gwamnatin Kenya da ƙungiyoyin masana'antar yawon buɗe ido sun ɗauki matakai don magance matsalolin tsaro da kuma juyar da mummunan talla, gami da kafa 'yan sandan yawon buɗe ido da ƙaddamar da kamfen ɗin talla a manyan kasuwannin da yawon buɗe ido ke fitowa.