87,574 Uncollected Passports To Be Disposed, Owners Penalized

Kenyans have been called upon to collect their passports from various parts of the country or they will be penalized. Interior CS Professor Kithure Kindiki says the government will soon publish the names of Kenyans whose passports remain uncollected.

Starting next week, Kenyans who applied for their passports will be notified when to collect them. At the end of the notified time, those who will not have collected will be fined. The CS says all measures have been put in place to streamline operations.

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About 87,574 passports were lying uncollected at various immigration offices according to Professor Kindiki. 36,170 are in Nairobi, 10,409 in Embu, 8838 in Eldoret, 8,023 in Nakuru, and 7,791 in Kisii.

For ease of collection, the CS said names of applicants whose passports will be due for collection the following week will be published every Wednesday to streamline the collection process.

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The Government has initiated a 30-day Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) for delivery of uncollected passports at the Immigration Department’s Nyayo House Headquarters and all regional offices.

Beginning Monday 25th September 2023, owners of 87,574 passports that are now ready but… pic.twitter.com/d1z2MgLOOy

— Kithure Kindiki (@KindikiKithure) September 19, 2023

“Persons who fail to pick up their documents within the stipulated period and at the expiry of the due notice will have their passports disposed of by the law and penalized when making a future application,” Kindiki said.

The department currently prints about 5,000 passports daily but Kindiki said orders have been placed for new printers that will triple or quadruple the number. Professor Kindiki has been leading a surgery at the Immigration Department that was rotten.

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