The Nairobi Immigration Department on Friday announced that it will remain open on Saturday, May 18, 2024.
The move which will see the office operating from 9 am to 1 pm is meant to allow applicants to collect their passports.
Through a statement shared on their official X page, the department urged Kenyans who have been notified to receive their passports to take advantage of the extended period to collect their passports.
“To expedite the collection of passports, our Nairobi office will be open on Saturday, 18th May 2024 from 9 am to 1 pm. Applicants who applied for passports in Nairobi and have received notification to collect their passports are encouraged to take advantage of the extended service,” the statement reads in parts.
On Monday, Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kithure Kindiki announced that new applicants will be receiving their passports within 21 days of submitting their applications, in a move meant to address the historical backlog of 724,000 passports that had accumulated between June 2021 and March 2024.
“Going forward, all new applicants will receive their passports within 21 days from the date of application, while urgent cases will receive theirs immediately,” Kindiki announced.
“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 have already been collected by their holders. 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,” he added.
The CS further underscored the need for efficiency improvements in archival, record management, registry, and Information Technology management.
“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.”
NYAYO HOUSE, NAIROBI, KENYA
— Kithure Kindiki (@KindikiKithure) May 13, 2024
MONDAY, MAY 13, 2024
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.
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