The Members of Parliament urged the government to open more immigration offices across the country to make it easier to acquire passports.
Prof Bitok said the current earnings from the platform get to Sh700 million from its 13 million users, a number that is below the population of registered adults in the country.
The CSOs say the new guidelines, launched on April 29, 2024, "retained an unequal and potentially arbitrary system for ID applications."
Kenya has committed itself to accede to the two UN statelessness conventions and complete legal reforms to address and eradicate statelessness by 2027.
The government endorsed the use of eCitizen for school fee payments across all levels of education in February, following a cabinet meeting chaired by President William Ruto at State House.
Alongside the newly established halls, the Immigration Department has doubled its biometric deck capacity, expanding from 10 to 20 stations.
Nairobi has the highest number of uncollected passports at 24,613, followed by Embu at 9,584, Kisumu at 6,087, Mombasa (5,759), Eldoret (4,538), Nakuru (4,466) and Kisii (3,283).
Ten NGO have raised issues including lack of a comprehensive legal framework, lack of public participation and consented opt-in, and privacy and data protection apprehensions.
The PS said the school heads will be able to access all the funds on the digital platform.
Abdullahi won the prestigious award in Geneva last December for donating over 100,000 books to refugees.