Kenyans obtaining passports will quickly be needed to gather their travel files within a Government-specified time, Interior Cabinet Secretrary prof Kithure Kindiki has actually stated.
The CS revealed the strategy to introduce an across the country Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) on collection of passports on Tuesday, when he made an unscripted go to at the Eastern Regional Immigration Offices in Embu Town.
Speaking throughout the fact-finding objective, CS Kindiki revealed complete satisfaction with service shipment at the workplaces. He nevertheless kept in mind that numerous passport candidates had actually not gathered their passports, not just in Embu however in almost all workplaces throughout the nation.
He stated the Embu workplace alone had roughly 6 thousand uncollected passports, while Nairobi was holding near to 30,000.
CS Kindiki stated the federal government will implement a compulsory requirement for all passport candidates to gather their passports within a given duration, which will be revealed on Wednesday next week.
“We will even release those passport numbers and the names of the candidates informing them they should come and gather them,” he stated, including that more steps will be revealed for those who will decrease.
CS Kindiki included: “You can not put us under pressure as migration officers to offer you a passport then when it is printed you do not come for it.”
The CS even more mentioned that for those who eventually stop working to gather their passports, the law would be used to figure out the proper disposal technique.
