Kenyan passport

Kenyan E-passport
The front cover a contemporary Kenyan E-passport.
Date first issued	1st September 2017
Issued by	Kenya
Valid in	All countries
Type of document	Passport
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility requirements	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 30th august 2011. In addition issuance process is regulated by Legal Notice No. 64 (the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Regulations, 2012). If legible you can apply for a New Passport, Renewal Passport and Replacement Passport. Issuance is by the Department of Immigration to citizens of Kenya for international travel. The department is under the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. As of September 2017, Kenya started issuing the East African E-passport. Directorate of Immigration and Registration of Persons, Gordon Kihalangwa, said on a live Twitter chat that tracking individuals’ movements will become easier with the ePassport.

Features of the Kenyan ePassport;

Also to be noted is that the new color adopted on the Kenyan ordinary passport, Light blue are the official colors of the Eat African community The new ePassport will be available as of 1st September 2017. The old ordinary passport will be faced out come 31st August 2019 and they will not be usable. Holders are advised to get their old passports swapped for the new generation passports. All applications are to be done via the Ecitizen portal.

There are three types of passports:

Kenyan passports have the Kenyan coat of arms emblazoned in gold in the centre of the front cover. The words "EAST AFRICAN REPUBLIC" are inscribed at the top followed by "REPUBLIC OF KENYA" is inscribed in gold text above the coat of arms, while "PASSPORT" is inscribed in gold text below it. The back cover is left blank.

The passport note occupies the first page of the passport, and the particulars page occupies the last. The identity information page is printed on the inside of the passport's back cover, while the person's particulars and signature are on the next-to-last page. The pages of Kenyan passports are watermarked with the Kenyan coat of arms. The pages feature designs with the 'big five game' animals commonly found in Kenyan national parks and reserves: the lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo.

The inside front cover of the passport reads first in Swahili:

Hati hii ni ya kuwaomba na kuwasihi kwa jina la Rais wa Jamhuri ya Kenya, wote wanaohusika, kwa kusudi wamruhusu mwenye hati hii kuendelea bila shida ama kizuizi, tena kumsaidia na kumhifadhi kwa kadiri anavyohitaji.

And in English:

These are to request and require in the Name of the President of Kenya all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance, and to afford him or her every assistance and protection of which he or she may stand in need.