Agony and scramble for digital passports as deadline looms
Kenyans queue to apply for e-passports at the Department of Immigration at Nyayo House, Nairobi, as early 3am on June 21, 2019. PHOTO | MAKENA ONJERIKA | TWITTER
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Kenyans had started to arrive at Nyayo House by 3.30am, fighting the cold of the dawn in a process that has now become a nightmare for thousands of applicants.
Frustrated Kenyans took to social media to express their dissatisfaction at how the government is handling the matter.
The old documents will become obsolete starting September 1, 2019.
The agony to acquire new e-passports ahead of the August 31 deadline continued on Friday with long queues witnessed at Nyayo House in Nairobi.
Kenyans had started to arrive at Nyayo House by 3.30am, fighting the cold of the dawn in a process that has now become a nightmare for thousands of applicants.
