The Immigration Department has published the names of Kenyans whose passports are ready for collection hours after Interior CS Kithure Kindiki’s directive.
The CS on Tuesday said 87,574 passports are now ready but remain uncollected at the Immigration Department’s Nyayo House Headquarters in Nairobi.
Kindiki warned that passports that stay uncollected after their stipulated period of collection will be disposed of, and the owners penalized in accordance with the law.
For ease of collection, Kindiki said Starting next week, Kenyans who applied for their passports will be notified when to collect them.
“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 in accordance with the law and penalized when making a future application,” Kindiki said.
How to Check
- Log in to immigration.go.ke
- Click the Announcements tab, which includes press releases, public participation, tenders, and Gazette Notices.
- Select the county where you applied and check for your name in the list
Nyayo House on the spot over corruption claims in passport issuance
Kenyans have been raising concerns about delays in acquiring passports, citing corruption at Nyayo House.
Kindiki, who admitted that corruption was endemic at the Immigration Department, vowed to streamline operations at the organization by kicking out rogue officers.
“We will clean Nyayo House from corruption, from all manner of crimes. There are good officers there serving Kenyans patriotically, but they are few. That is the problem.”
“There are others there collecting bribes and harassing the people of Kenya to get services which they should be getting for free and as their rights,” Kindiki said.
Kenyans who have made applications for passports after Kindiki’s intervention have confirmed that service delivery at the department has improved.
The department currently prints about 5,000 passports daily, but Kindiki said orders have been placed for new printers that will triple the number.
He stated that plans are in the works to issue passports in 7 days and that in the future, the issuance time will be reduced to 3 days and 24 hours in the event of an emergency.