Relief For Kenyans As Government Acquire News Passport Printers
Kenyans are set to acquire new passports in 14 working days following the government’s intention to significantly increase the production and issuance of passports following the arrival of two new machines.
Immigration and Citizen Services Principal Secretary, Prof. Julius Bitok in a statement on Friday, April 12 announced that the government intends to print at least one million passports in 2024.
The PS who spoke in Mombasa during the annual planning meeting of senior managers for agencies and directorates under the State Department indicated that the passport machines had already been installed and will be launched next week.
He noted that the new passports target is nearly double the 533,000 issued in the previous year with the higher output pegged on the combined printing capacity of 600 passports per hour by the new machines.
