Kenya: Parliamentary Budget Office projects Sh40 million annual revenue from Diaspora Citizenship Bill
Published: 22/Apr/2025
Source: Eastleigh Voice (Nairobi)
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has projected that the proposed Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which aims to allow individuals born outside Kenya with Kenyan ancestry to apply for citizenship, could generate Sh40 million annually for the government if enacted into law.
According to PBO, the revenue will stem from the estimated four million Kenyans living in the diaspora, with a small percentage, 0.01 per cent, of them expected to apply for Kenyan citizenship each year.