| Kenyan E-passport | |
|---|---|
 The front cover a contemporary Kenyan E-passport. | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by | Directorate of Immigration and Registration of Persons.[1] |
| First issued | 1 September 2017 (current version) |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Valid in | All countries |
| Eligibility | Kenyan citizenship |
| Expiration | 10 years |
| Cost | 34 Pages Ordinary "A" Series Kshs. 4550. 50 pages Ordinary "B" Series Kshs. 6050. 66 Pages Ordinary "C" Series kshs.7550. East African passport ksh.990. Mutilated Passport Kshs 10,050. Lost Passport Kshs 12,050. |
The Kenyan passport is issued to Kenyan citizens in accordance with the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and as provided for in the Kenya Citizens and Immigration Act that commenced on 30 August 2011. In addition issuance process is regulated by Legal Notice No. 64 (the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Regulations, 2012). If eligible, an individual can apply for a New Passport, Renewal Passport and Replacement Passport. Passports are issued by the Department of Immigration. The department is under the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. Kenyan passports are usually used as a form of ID as well and would be rated as second to the Kenyan national ID card.[2] Before Kenya got independence from Britain, British passports were used.[3]
- ^ "Directorate of Immigration Services". immigration.go.ke. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Directorate of immigration and registration of persons". Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Kenya. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "1960 Cancelled British Passport Colony & Protectorate KENYA Nigerian Professor | #494302381". Worthpoint. Retrieved 4 June 2021.