Authorities Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has defined that the current delays within the issuance of passports have been occasioned by the failure of printing machines and the growing demand for journey paperwork.
Whereas addressing the nation on Thursday, Mwaura defined that the present printing machine at Nyayo Home has continued to expertise challenges, including that the federal government had already procured two new machines to handle the identical.
He revealed that the machines had already arrived within the nation and could be launched by Inside Cupboard Secretary Kithure Kindiki within the coming days.
Mwaura, due to this fact, known as on Kenyans to be affected person including that 100,000 journey paperwork may even be issued within the coming days.
Authorities spokesperson Isaac Mwaura addressing the nation throughout a presser in January 2024.
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Isaac Mwaura
“I’m joyful to report that there are two new machines which were procured and we’ve been capable of print 100,000 new passports which can be going to be issued,” he said.
On the opposite finish, he additionally famous that the Ministry of Inside was coping with an enormous backlog.
In line with the spokesperson, many kenyans are looking for passports at the same time as the federal government balances the manufacturing of latest purposes and people within the backlog.
He asserted {that a} comparable situation was being witnessed with the issuance of the Good Conduct Certificates.
“The demand for passports is extraordinarily excessive and the backlog can also be excessive. We even have the identical with the nice conduct certificates. We’re within the strategy of streamlining the 2.
“For good conduct, we’ve a requirement for 20,000 per day in opposition to a backlog of 700,000,” the Spokesperson added.
Kenyans making use of for passports have skilled delays up to now few months.
As an example, some Kenyans have lamented that they’ve waited for the journey paperwork for over six months regardless of finishing all of the required processes.
Different Kenyans have additionally known as on the CS to hold out a serious shakeup at Nyayo Home for higher service supply.
Inside Cupboard Secretary Kithure Kindiki on the passport management workplace in Nairobi on November 28, 2022.
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