The government has announced significant progress in the issuance of travel documents, revealing that 514,152 passports have been issued over the past three years.
According to the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services, ongoing reforms have also reduced the backlog of uncollected passports from 90,000 to 56,000 in just three months, underscoring efforts to streamline service delivery.
The update was shared following the 12th meeting of the Governance and Public Administration (GPA) Subcommittee of the National Development Implementation Committee (NDIC), held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC).
The session was chaired by Internal Security and National Administration Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo and co-chaired by Parliamentary Affairs PS Aurelia Rono.
“As the Kenya Kwanza administration approaches its third year in office, efforts are being intensified to accelerate the implementation of key government priorities and reforms in governance and public administration,” NDIC said in a statement.
Omollo described the meeting as an opportunity for self-assessment and reaffirmation of the government’s commitment to efficient service delivery.
The State Department also highlighted milestones in the rollout of the Unique Personal Identifier (Maisha Number), with more than 90,000 numbers issued in Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, and Kajiado counties.
Designed to serve as a lifelong digital identity, the Maisha Number integrates multiple identifiers—including birth certificates, national ID, KRA PIN, and Social Health Authority number—into a single record.
Additionally, more than 22,000 government services have now been digitized and placed on the e-Citizen platform, while 48 agencies have been connected to the Maisha Integrated Database.
The GPA Subcommittee stressed that the reforms are central to the government’s agenda of promoting transparency, accountability, and efficiency across the public service, adding that digitization will ease access to essential services for Kenyans both locally and abroad.
