Kenyan National ID replacement price increased to Ksh2000

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Kenyan National ID replacement price increased to Ksh2000.

Meanwhile, the government has also increased fees charged on obtaining civil servants’ cards from Ksh100 to Ksh1000 while those in need of staff badges will have to pay Ksh1000 from Ksh350.

The government has also revised charges on late registration of birth certificates.

Those making late registration will pay Ksh150 while late registration of death certificate will similarly cost Ksh500 from Ksh150.

Kenyans will pay more passports and other key services under the Immigration Department in new levies announced by the government

In a gazette notice dated November 7, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration has been allowed the authority for the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services to revise charges and levies on its services.

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Passport fees for ordinary booklets with 34 pages have gone up by Ksh3000 to cost Ksh 7,500, for 50 pages will cost Ksh9,500 up from Ksh 6,000, while fees for booklets with 66 pages will go for Ksh 12,500 instead of Kah7,500. The Diplomatic passport with 50 pages has doubled from Ksh7,500 to Ksh 15,000.

Those seeking to replace either a lost or mutilated passport will pay Ksh 20,000. Speaking after hosting members of the Civil Society to a briefing session on digital ID on November 1, Immigration and Citizen Services PS Prof Julius Bitok noted that the pilot phase will target first-time applicants.

Also set to receive the new card with enhanced security features are applicants seeking replacements for defaced or lost cards.