State confirms gazette discover climbing IDs, passport charges

The federal government has confirmed it issued a gazette discover elevating fees for searching for state providers together with Sh2,000 for changing misplaced IDs.

The Authorities Printer, the state company chargeable for publishing all state statutory paperwork, on Thursday, affixed its official stamp, certifying the gazette discover.

The controversial gazette discover, which triggered uproar from the general public surfaced on November 7, outlining new charges for the general public searching for numerous authorities providers.

Nonetheless, the discover which was blurry, raised considerations as a result of it didn’t have an official stamp of the Authorities Printer.

In a bid to handle the confusion, the Authorities Printer moved to substantiate its authenticity and due to this fact ended the talk as to its authenticity.

The licensed copy was stamped and authorized on Thursday, November 9, 2023.

That is amidst conservatory orders issued by the Excessive Court docket on Thursday stopping the implementation of the brand new fees.

The brand new charges would require Kenyans to pay as much as 20 instances for the substitute of an ID card and issuance of passports.

Justice Lawrence Mugambi of the Excessive Court docket in Nairobi gave the orders following a petition by Nakuru-based surgeon Magare Gikenyi.

Gikenyi had sought the court docket’s reduction after Inside Cupboard Secretary Kithure Kindiki introduced that the issuance of ID playing cards would now not be free.

The federal government elevated numerous fees in a transfer that angered many on social media.

As an illustration, new passport fees embrace 34 pages to value Sh7,500 from Sh4,500, 50 pages to Sh9,500 from 6,000 and 66 pages to Sh12,500 from Sh7,500.

These making use of for the primary time can pay Sh1,000 whereas Kenyans searching for substitute for misplaced playing cards had their fees elevated by 20 per cent to Sh2,000.

Initially, Kenyans making use of for the identification doc obtained the service without spending a dime.

Overseas and Diaspora Affairs Principal Secretary Roseline Njogu Wednesday apologized over the discharge of a Gazette Discover which confirmed that charges for the processing of everlasting residences for kids of Kenyan residents born outdoors the nation had elevated.

The discover mentioned the charge had elevated to Sh1 million.

The discover, which triggered a heated public debate, reported that charges for the processing of everlasting residences for kids of Kenyan residents born outdoors Kenya had doubled to Sh200,000 whereas the charges for the issuance of everlasting residences for a similar kids had elevated to Sh1 million from Sh500,000.

In an announcement on social media platform X, Njogu clarified that the quoted quantities have been erroneously keyed in whereas noting that she has since raised the problem with Immigration Principal Secretary Julius Bitok who she mentioned confirmed the identical.