Passport cartel crackdown: Kindiki in another surprise visit to Nyayo house

Interior CS Kithure Kindiki at Nyayo House on Friday, September 1. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

While speaking during a meeting with the National Assembly Committee on Delegated Legislation, Immigration PS Julius Bitok said that the backlog is expected to be cleared in two weeks' time.

"Right now, we are producing around 3,600 passports per day. We have managed to reduce the backlog to around 45,000. We are projecting that in the next two weeks, there will be no backlog," said the PS.

In order to fast-track the processing of passports, the ministry has introduced a double-shift working formula as well as buying and repairing printing machinery.

Kindiki had earlier told the committee he had received an anonymous tip that among the issues leading to passport backlog is corruption

Interior CS Kithure Kindiki at Nyayo House on Friday, September 1. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]