Kindiki revokes notice increasing ID, Passport charges
Cabinet Secretary for Interior Kithure Kindiki has revoked the gazette notice on the upward revision of charges, fees, and levies for various services provided by the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services.
This is to allow for public participation in the matter.
At the same time, Kindiki has published new intended charges, fees, and levies for the same services to take effect on January 1, 2024.
“The State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services has been directed to conduct and complete public participation as soon as possible, but in any case, not later than December 10, 2023,” he said.
The CS explained that the intended revised charges, fees and levies are informed by the need for Kenya’s self-reliance in financing the National Budget.
This, he said, is to wean the Country from unsustainable debt that poses grave threats to our sovereignty and the dignity of future generations.
Kindiki revises charges for new IDs, replacement after uproar
Kenyans seeking to acquire a new ID will now have to pay Sh300 and not Sh1,000 which had earlier been gazetted by the State, a new proposal indicates.
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Interior CS Kithure Kindiki on Tuesday revoked the earlier Gazette Notice and issued a new one with a proposal of the new charges, subject to public participation.
Kenyans who are needy, including orphans and those who demonstrate that they are extremely poor to pay Sh300 required for the new ID will have the amount catered for by the government.
“On the particular issue of acquisition of NationalIdentity Cards by previously not registered citizens, the Government shall defray the costs of the revised charges, fees and levies through a waiver for indigent Kenyans who demonstrate inability to pay,” Kindiki said.
In the new proposal, Kenyans will now replace their lost IDs at a cost of Sh1,000 and not Sh2,000 indicated in the revoked Gazette Notice.
The cost of changing the particulars of an ID has remained unchanged. Kenyans will pay the initial amount of Sh1,000.
Those seeking to have Identification Reports will have to pay Sh1000, up from the initial amount of Sh300.
Civil Servants cards in the new proposal will cost Sh1,000, up from Sh100.
Staff badges will now cost Sh1,000, which is almost three times the initial amount.
Kindiki revokes notice increasing ID, Passport charges