Kenya Goes It Alone On e-Passport as Neighbours Dither
Published: 5/Sep/2017
Source: The East African (Nairobi)
By Victor Kiprop
Kenya has rolled out the East African Community (EAC) electronic passport, 17 years after discussions to develop the document began.
The new generation e-passport, which conforms to the international civil standards, replaces the existing national document, set to be phased out by September 2019.
« The Immigration Department will no longer process and issue the current ordinary, diplomatic and East African passports, » said Director of Immigration Gordon Kihalangwa.
The e-passport is embedded with a machine readable computer chip which contains the holder’s biometric information on a tamper-proof page, and has been touted as a major step in curbing fraud and easing clearance at international airports where e-readers are installed.
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