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Immigration & Citizen Services

Immigration & Citizen Services

State Department for Immigration & Citizen Services

Functions
  •    Registration of Births and Deaths;
  •    Registrations of Persons;
  •    Policy on the National Integration Identity Management System;
  •    Development of the National Integrated Identity Management System (Digital ID – Maisha Namba);
  •    Oversight over and Co-ordination of the Management of the National Primary Data Registers for Citizens and Foreign Nationals;
  •    Collaboration with other Ministries, Departments and Agencies Regarding the collection of relevant primary data;
  •    Co-ordination of eCitizen Services;
  •    Oversight of the Integrated Population
  •    Registration Systems (IPRS)
  •    Implementation of Citizenship and
  •    Immigration Policy; and
  •    Implementation of Refugees’ and Asylum- seekers’ Policies.

            For more information visit immigration website

Leadership
Amb. Prof. Julius Kibet Bitok - PS State Department for Citizen Services

Amb. Prof. Julius Kibet Bitok
PS State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services

Ambassador Prof. Julius Kibet Bitok is the Principal Secretary, State Department for Citizen Services. Previously, he was the Kenya’s High Commissioner to Pakistan.

Amb. Prof. Bitok is a renowned educationist and a financial consultant with extensive experience in the public service. He has worked with State House, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Capital Markets Authority (CMA), Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) and the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) among other institutions.

Amb. Prof Bitok holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Business Management from Oklahoma State University, USA, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Economics from the University of Nairobi. He is also a holder of a Diploma in Education from the Kenya Science Teachers College.