Gov't Orders All Public Servants to Acquire e-Passports
The government has ordered all public servants to acquire e-Passports before March 1st, 2019.
In a circular, Head of the Public Service Joseph Kinyua said state officers who will not have acquired the digital travel documents by the aforementioned date will not be cleared to travel abroad.
“Where a public servant does not have an e-passport by March 1st, 2019, they will be ineligible for clearance until after September 1st, 2019," reads the circular.
The directive applies to all state officials including Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Governors, MPs, Senators, accountants and all members of independent commissions.
Kinyua said public servants can upgrade their travel documents at immigration centers in Nairobi, Nakuru, Embu, Mombasa, Eldoret and Kisii.
Those abroad can do so in Washington, DC (US), London (UK), Berlin (Germany) Paris (France), Pretoria (South Africa) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates).
Kenyan passport holders have until September 1st to acquire e-Passports.
“The current passports will cease to be valid travel documents with effect from September 1st, 2019,” Kinyua said.
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These passports are going to…
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These passports are going to generate so much revenue to the government, just saying especially from those diaspora in the States as theirs is more expensive than other Kenyans anywhere else.
Just a Quest: Are ALL Civil…
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In reply to These passports are going to… by mteja (not verified)
Just a Quest: Are ALL Civil Servants in Kenya in Tune to Travelling out of the country. I am not.
When did Guest 1,muuaji…
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In reply to Just a Quest: Are ALL Civil… by Guest1 (not verified)
When did Guest 1,muuaji Raila's servant(washer) become a public servant?Ama uliacha kumusafisa?
It’s not easy to afford…
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It’s not easy to afford mlevis retirement fund.The cartel has depleted all its piggy banks. Members who defaulted, had their buildings demolished,properties & assets seized or frozen and the unlucky ones have been incarcerated. Kickbacks have been received for contracts, like the military helicopters, bribes for newly minted gova posts, loans have been solicited to indebt 5 generations of Kenyans, next will be an international garage sale of whatever is left of Kenya.
Unless we emanicipate ourselves from this self inflicted bondage,( tribalism over transparent and accountable governance) we will be auctioned to the best buyer, probably Chinese. We won’t even own our names
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Why can't Kinyua(Drinker) & Co.issue/sell E-PASSPORTS to those who want them?I was informed that Kenyan embassy or VIPANDE WHOLESALERS were not issuing the passports the last time i called them.What surprised me is that they were renewing the old ones and also selling old series of IDs all of which will be void come next year.There is no where to complain as Kenya's No.1 CORRUPTION exporter,Githae,a.k.a,PANYA HUNTER & B&Q is very rude if you dare ask anything about it.My question is DOES GITHAE OWN KENYAN DC"s EMBASSY?
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