Editor's Review

The government has also increased the fee for a standard 34-page passport from Ksh 4500 to Ksh 7500.

The government has announced an increase in ID and passport fees.

According to a special gazette notice issued by Interior CS Kithure Kindiki replacing an ID will now cost Ksh 2000, up from Ksh 100, while those applying for an ID for the first time will now pay Ksh 1000, which was previously free.

The fee for changing ID details has been maintained at Ksh 1000 while the fee for identification reports has been increased from Ksh 300 to Ksh 1000.


File image of a sample of a Kenyan ID. 

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Obtaining a birth certificate and death certificate will now cost you Ksh 200 respectively up from Ksh 50.

The government has also increased the fee for a standard 34-page passport from Ksh 4500 to Ksh 7500 and for a standard 50-page passport from Ksh 6000 to Ksh 9000.

An ordinary 66-page passport will now cost Ksh 12000 up from Ksh 7500 while a diplomatic 50-page document will now cost Ksh 15000 up from Ksh 7500.

Fees for replacing a passport have been increased from Ksh 12,000 to Ksh 20,000 and for replacing a valid mutilated passport from Ksh 10,000 to Ksh 20,000.

Extending a visa after six months, which was previously free, now costs Ksh 30,290 ($200), while applying for a child visa, which was also free, now costs the same amount.