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SUPKEM calls on government to speed up issuance of passports to Hajj Pilgrims

National chairman Supreme council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM) Al-Hajj Hassan Ole Naado,address press on June 4, 2023 at their office in Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM) has called on the government to speed up the issuance of passports to Kenyan Pilgrims who are preparing to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage.

SUPKEM National Chairman Hassan ole Naado said that they appreciated the working mechanism that they had developed with the Ministry of Interior through the Directorate of Immigration that include a special window for Haji on e-citizen and the Hajj Desk at the Immigration office at Nyayo House.

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