All 724,000 passports that were part of the historical backlog that had accumulated between June 2021 and March 2024 have now been printed.

NYAYO HOUSE, NAIROBI, KENYA 
MONDAY, MAY 13, 2024
All 724,000 passports that were part of the historical backlog that had accumulated between June 2021 and March 2024 have now been printed, and 684,500 of them already collected by their holders. 
It took a bit of time to get exchequer funding, pay pending supplier debts, dismantle the corruption cartels, and acquire and install modern, high capacity printing equipment. 
What remains now is to fastrack the collection of 39,500 ready but uncollected passports from the backlog lot, sustaining the production and delivery systems to ensure that the reform program prevails in the long term and creating system efficiency in the archival, record management, registry and Information Technology management. 
Going forward, all new applicants will receive their passports within 21 days from the date of application, while urgent cases will receive theirs immediately. Effective August 1, 2024, the waiting period will be reduced to 7 days and further to 3 days effective November 1, 2024. 
Today at Nyayo House, held a service delivery efficiency review meeting, inspected the production, registry, and archival facilities, and had an interaction with passport applicants to pick new ideas on improvement areas. Prof. Julius Bitok (Principal Secretary, Immigration and Citizen Services), Evelyn Cheluget (Director General, Immigration Services) and other Senior officers were present.