Government extends deadline to acquire new e-passport

Long queues at the Department of Immigration Services, Nairobi during the application of e-passports. [Edward Kiplimo/Standard]

The government has extended the deadline to acquire the new e-passport to March 1 next year for all Kenyans.

This means Kenyans can continue to travel on the dark blue documents. Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i said Monday 1.8 million Kenyans, mostly those in the diaspora are holding to the dark blue passports.