Editor's Review

The increase in Passport costs remains unchanged while replacing a lost ID card will now cost Sh1,000 and not Sh2,000 earlier proposed. 

A Kenyan seeking to acquire a new National Identity card will now have to pay Sh300, and not Sh1,000 earlier gazetted by the government, a new proposal subject to public participation indicates. 

This follows a revision of the charges by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki who on Tuesday revoked a Gazette Notice that hiked fees for the acquisition of IDs and replacement. 

The revocation, Kindiki said, was to allow for public participation in the matter. 

The CS replaced the Gazette Notice with a new one which proposed the new charges. 

According to the CS, the Sh300 will not paid by a Kenyan who needs ID but has proved that he or she is too poor to afford it.

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"On the particular issue of acquisition of NationalIdentity Cards by previously not registered citizens, the Government shall defray the costs of the revised charges, fees, and levies through a waiver for indigent Kenyans who demonstrate the inability to pay," Kindiki said.

On the cost of Replacement, Kenyans will now have to pay Sh1,000 and not sh2,000 indicated in the revoked Gazette Notice.

Changing the particulars of an ID still remains at Sh1,000. 

Cost of Passport remains high as earlier proposed. PHOTO | COURTESY

 Identification Reports will now cost Sh1000, up from the initial amount of Sh300.

Civil Servants cards in the new proposal will cost Sh1,000, up from Sh100.

Staff badges will now cost Sh1,000. The Initial amount was Sh350.

In the new proposal, however, the cost of a passport remains the same as indicated in the revoked Gazette Notice.

The ordinary passport (34 pages) that costs Sh4,500 will cost Sh7,500, the 50-page passport will cost Sh9,500 up from the current Sh6,000 and the 66-page passport would cost Sh12,500 up from the current Sh7,500.

Replacing a lost passport would cost Sh20,000, compared to Sh12,000 which was initially charged.

A 50-page diplomatic passport would have seen one spend Sh15,000, double the price of the previous fee.

The CS has also maintained the increase in birth and death certificates from Sh50 to Sh200 in the new proposal.

If the new proposal sails through, the charges will take effect on January 1, 2024.