Passports -Ministry of Interior has today concluded solving the challenges facing Kenyan applying for passports at the Immigration offices.
In an official statement from the Minatory signed by Cabinet Secretary Kitjhure Kindiki, today Monday April 22, the unnecessary delays had been sorted.
“The historical backlog in the processing of the Kenyan passport has been conclusively resolved and the bottlenecks that had resulted in frustration of many applicants addressed,” said Kindiki.
The Government has facilitated the acquisition of adequate passport printing equipment, paid all the pending supplier bills, and addressed the supply chain constraints. The backlog of pending passports that stood at 724,000 by March 11, 2024 has, therefore, been resolved,
Further, in the confirmation statement released today, the 50,000 applications that were pending on Thursday, last week have been produced and are ready for delivery.
“Directed the Directorate of Immigration to embark on a Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) to expedite the collection of passports, and publish names of the applicants and the designated collection points by next week,” Kindiki’s statement read in part.
The CS also tasked the Directorate of Immigration to develop a passport production and collection sustainability plan within this week, to ensure that there is no backlog reoccurrence.
