On Monday, the government acquired two new passport printing machines to aid in fast passport production.

The new machines are capable of printing 600 passports per hour.

President Ruto has also announced that Kenyan youth seeking employment abroad will benefit from expedited passport processing and government-funded fl...

Out of the 87,000 uncollected passports, 50,000 alone are from Nairobi.

The Members of Parliament urged the government to open more immigration offices across the country to make it easier to acquire passports.

PS Bitok said additional booklets, including the 34-page (A-series), have already been procured and are expected in the country from next month.

Interior minister says the backlog stands at 1.1 million passports yet the department can only issue 5,000 out of the daily requirement of 20,000.