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Kenya Government Extends Deadline For E-Passport Issuance to November 2022

Kenya Government Extends Deadline For E-Passport Issuance to November 2022
Kenya Government Extends Deadline For E-Passport Issuance to November 2022

The Kenya government has extended the deadline for the phasing out of the old generation passport.

In a statement by Immigrations Services Director General Alexander Muteshi, the government extended phasing out of the passports to November 2022.

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Muteshi noted that the decision was arrived at following the 41st meeting of the East African Community (EAC) council of ministers held in Arusha in 2021.

“Since Kenya as a member state is bound by the Council’s decisions, we will abide by this directive for now,” the statement read in part.

Kenya is rolling out the e-passport as part of the binding commitment by the EAC to move to the new biometric e-passport.

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The e-passport will have features that are meant to make it impossible for anyone to forge or duplicate a Kenyan passport in a bid to tame rampant forgery and impersonation of holders.

The decision to have the e-passport was arrived at during the 17th Ordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of State.

The issuance of the e-passport was to start by January 1, 2017 but it failed due to lack of preparedness.

Source-https://www.nairobileo.co.ke/

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