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The exercise will be carried out across all passport application centers in the country.

The Ministry of Interior through the Immigration Services Department has announced that it has dedicated May 13 – May 18 for the fast-tracking of the delivery of passports. 

In a notice on Sunday, May 12, the department stated that the exercise would be carried out across all passport application centers in the country. 

These include Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Embu, Nakuru, Kisii and Kericho.

Applicants who had already received a notification for the collection of their passports were urged to take advantage.

“To enhance passport issuance, we have dedicated 13th-18th May 2024 to the fast-tracking of passport delivery in ALL passport application centres across the country. Applicants who have received notification that their passports are ready for collection are advised to take advantage of the exercise," read part of the notice.

CS Kithure Kindiki interacts with passport applicants at Nyayo House.

On May 6, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki announced that the government has put in place measures for the expedition of the collection of the final batch of 45,000 passports which are now ready.

CS Kindiki noted that the passports constitute the last batch of the over 700,000 passports whose production was delayed.

“We are in the process of transforming the service delivery in relation to the issuance of the Kenyan passports as well as creating efficiency in the delivery of critical Citizen Services, notably identity documents, birth certificates, passports as well the management of foreign nationals in Kenya,” Kindiki stated.