CS Kindiki New Passport Collection Deadlines For Both New And Urgent Applicants, Gives Way Forward

CS Kindiki New Passport Collection Deadlines For Both New And Urgent Applicants, Gives Way Forward

CS Kindiki New Passport Collection Deadlines, Gives Way Forward: Interior cabinet Kithure Kindiki held a service delivery efficiency review meeting, inspected the production, registry, and archival facilities, and had an interaction with passport applicants to pick new ideas on improvement area

He confirmed that All 724,000 passports that were part of the historical backlog that had accumulated between June 2021 and March 2024 have now been printed, and 684,500 of them already collected by their holders.

He stated,”It took a bit of time to get exchequer funding, pay pending supplier debts, dismantle the corruption cartels, and acquire and install modern, high capacity printing equipment,”

“What remains now is to fastrack the collection of 39,500 ready but uncollected passports from the backlog lot, sustaining the production and delivery systems to ensure that the reform program prevails in the long term and creating system efficiency in the archival, record management, registry and Information Technology management,” he added.

Notably, CS Kindiki asserted that new applicants will receive their passports within 21 days from the date of application, while urgent cases will receive theirs immediately. Effective August 1, 2024, the waiting period will be reduced to 7 days and further to 3 days effective November 1, 2024.

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