‘Over 90,000 passports remain uncollected’ – Immigration PS Bitok says
State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services Principal Secretary Julius Bitok has called on Kenyans with pending applications to collect their passports from designated centres across the country. Bitok announced that 90,000 passports remain unclaimed nationwide, encouraging applicants to pick up their documents to clear the existing backlog. Addressing the media from his office on Wednesday, October […]
How to check if your passport is ready for collection
The Directorate of Immigration Services published a list of all passports that are ready for collection across the country. The passports have been released in batches; the first week of release was between September 25 – 29 while the second release will be between October 2 and 6. According to the government department, passports are […]
Gov’t to dispose uncollected passports in new guidelines
The government will dispose of uncollected passports in new guidelines under an initiative dubbed Rapid Results Initiative (RRI). In a statement, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki indicated that the government will be publishing a list of applicants whose documents are ready for collection. Persons who fail to pick up their documents within 30 days, according to […]
Kindiki tells ‘idlers’ to keep off Nyayo House as passport crackdown intensifies
Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration Kithure Kindiki has banned idlers from hanging around Immigration and Citizen Services offices at Nyayo House, Nairobi, as the government seeks to clean up the mess linked to delayed processing of passports. In a statement, Kindiki said access to the facility will be limited to the staff and […]
How selling citizenship is now big business
More than half of the world’s nations have citizenship-through-investment programmes, with global industry worth $25bn a year.