Kenyans will have to pay more when applying for various essential government services and documents, according to the Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki.
The ministry announced the new charges through a special gazette notice shared on Wednesday, November 7, 2023.
“It is notified for the general information of the public that pursuant to regulation 60 of the public finance management (National Government) regulations, 2015.
“The Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and economic Planning has granted to the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration the authority for the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Service to revise charges and levies on its services as shown in the schedule below,” the notice read in part.
Kindiki increases Fee for ID Applications
Furthermore, the government has increased the charges for a person applying for an ID for the first time to Ksh1,000.
Also, for duplicate or replacement of IDs, Kindiki has increased the fee to Ksh2,000 from Ksh100.
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At the same time, the prices for application of identification reports have shot from Ksh300 to Ksh1,000.
The cost of application for a civil servant’s card has also jumped from Ksh100 to Ksh1,000 while staff badges will now be accessed at Ksh1,000 from the previous cost of Ksh350.
Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates
On the other hand, the Interior ministry increased application fees for both death and birth certificates to Ksh200 from Ksh50 for each.
Passports and Visas Other essential documents whose application prices were affected by the changes included passports and Visas.
According to the notice, a 34 paged ordinary passport will from the date of publication of the changes be obtained at Ksh7,500 from Ksh4,500, while a 50 paged ordinary passport will be obtained at Ksh9,500 from a previous price of Ksh6,000.
Also, Kenyans will be forced to part ways with Ksh12,5000 to acquire a 66 paged passport, an increase from the previous Ksh7,500.
The cost of replacing a lost passport will according to the new regulations increase from Ksh12,000 to Ksh20,000 while the cost of replacing a mutilated passport will increase from ksh10,000 to Ksh20,000.
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Additionally, the government has doubled the price of single journey visas from Ksh7,572 to Ksh15,145.
For a multiple journey visa, applicants will part ways with Ksh75,725, an increase from Ksh15,145.
Again, to extend a visa, an exercise that was previously free will now cost applicants Ksh30,290, a price that will also reflect for application of visas for Kenyan children, which was also previously free.
Citizenship Fee
Subsequently, the interior ministry increased the application fees for citizenship by marriage to Ksh100,000 from Ksh30,000.
At the same time, charges for applications for citizenship by registration for children and dependents increased from Ksh20,000 to Ksh100,000 while citizenship by registration for migrants hiked to Ksh10,000 from Ksh2,000.
The processing fee for citizenship for children of Kenyan citizen born outside Kenya was doubled from Ksh100,000 to Ksh200,000 under permanent residence.
Additionally, the fee for the issuance of citizenship for children of Kenyan citizens born outside Kenya increased from Ksh500,000 to Ksh1 million.
The processing fee for citizenship of spouses of Kenyan citizens who are permanent residents increased from Ksh5,000 to Ksh50,000.
