Passport Fees Soar: Government Raises Prices Across the Board
The government has revised passport fees upwards in all categories.
In a gazette notice dated November 7, 2023, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki said, ordinary passports (34 pages) which used to cost Sh4,500 will now cost 7, 500.
The ordinary passport (50 pages ) will now cost Sh9,500 from Sh6,000 and the ordinary passport (66 pages) will cost Sh12,000 to Sh7,500.
A diplomatic passport of 50 pages will now cost Sh15,000 from Sh 7, 500
Kenyans who are looking to replace their lost passports will part with Sh20,00 from Sh12,000.
Those seeking to replace a valid mutilated passport will now pay sh20,000 from Sh10,000.
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This comes at a time when the interior CS has been working to restore order at the immigration department.
The CS stepped up efforts to eradicate corruption at the Immigration Department following public outcry over delayed processing of the travel documents.
The uproar prompted Parliament to summon him for an explanation where he admitted that corruption was endemic at the Immigration Department but vowed to crash the cartels.
The CS banned boda boda riders and idlers around immigration offices and declared the area a corruption-free zone.
Initially, there was a backlog of 87,454 passports that were yet to be collected from the Directorate of Immigration headquarters and regional offices.
As a result, Kindiki launched a 30-day Rapid Results Initiative on September 25, 2023, that would see the ministry clearing the backlog.
Passport Fees Soar: Government Raises Prices Across the Board