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The Commission on Administrative of Justice (Ombudsman) has asked the Principal Secretary State Department of Immigration and Citizen Services to order for audit of passports fee following complaints by the public that they were being overcharged when applying for the document.
CAJ Chairperson Florence Kajuju who appeared before the Senate Defence and Foreign Relations Committee in Nairobi on Wednesday said that some Kenyans claimed that they were forced to pay Sh6,050 for a 'B' series passport (50 pages) while making their online applications only to be issued with 'A' series passports (34-pages) whose cost is Sh4550, thereby losing Sh1,500 to the government.
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