Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki on Tuesday, September 19, threatened to dispose of over 87,574 uncollected passports.
In a statement, Kindiki directed the owners of the passports to collect them to avoid being penalized while applying again.
To ease the collection process, Kindiki initiated a 30-day Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) for the delivery of uncollected passports at the Immigration Department’s Nyayo House Headquarters and all regional offices.
“Beginning Monday 25th September 2023, owners of 87,574 passports that are now ready but remain with us uncollected are advised to forthwith pick their passport from the designated collection points in Nairobi and various regional immigration offices that will be published in various media outlets and social media platforms from tomorrow and every other Wednesday during the RRI period,” the statement read in part.
Every Wednesday, the Immigration Department will publish a list of all applicants whose passports are due for collection the following week, to streamline the collection process, Kindiki stated.
“Persons who fail to pick up their documents within the stipulated period and at the expiry of the due notice will have their passports disposed in accordance with the law and penalized when making a future application,” the CS insisted.
However, he noted that the 24-hour passport processing exercise was still on course.
“Emergency applications for persons seeking medical care abroad, students due for admission in learning institutions outside Kenya and people who have secured job opportunities that have a clear reporting deadline will be processed expeditiously,” Kindiki clarified.
Here is the Breakdown of Regional Offices and Uncollected passports
Nyayo House (Nairobi) – 36,170
Embu Regional Office – 10,409
Eldoret Regional Office – 9,938
Kisumu Regional Office- 9,515
Nakuru Regional Office- 8,023
Kisii Regional Office- 7,971
Mombasa Regional Office – 5,424
