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Kindiki points fingers at suppliers as passports backlog hits 1.7 million

Interior CS Kithure Kindiki before the National Assembly's Committee on Regional Integration to deliberate on the status of Passport Issuance on March 21, 2024. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Passport issuance delay at Nyayo House, Nairobi, is expected to persist for another 100 days, further frustrating Kenyans seeking employment abroad.

Already, the passports backlog has hit 1,724,000 even as the Government admitted that vendor wars could be stalling the process.

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