The Immigration Department has introduced new rules that will take effect on May 1st 2015 for citizens who wish to apply, replace or renew a Kenyan passport. From now citizens will have to fill the application form online, pay the passport fees via MPESA beforehand and then download and print the filled application. With the new rules the Immigration Department has shifted the cost of printing the application form to citizens while also going cashless. With the cash that immigration will save on printing one would have hoped that they would make the passport fees cheaper but they have instead added 50 shillings to each of the previous fees. Below are the initial steps that Kenyans applying for a passport will have to follow. 1. Go to ecitizen.go.ke and register an account. 2. Login to the ecitizen platform after successful registration and navigate to Department of Immigration Services then submit application then Passport and Temporary Permits. 3. You should then click on
The Kenya General elections for 2017 are scheduled to be held on 8th August 2017. The following are the positions Smart Kenyan voters will elect into office: The President and his deputy, members of Parliament (Senate and National Assembly) and devolved government members (county governors and ward representatives including women representatives). The IEBC (Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission) Will oversee the general elections in Kenya. A smart Kenyan should know the procedure of voting in Kenya. According to the IEBC, This is the process of voting in Kenya General Elections. Voting Procedure in the General Elections You will have to get to a polling station near your. The one you registered as a voter from. When you enter the polling room, the first step is to be identified as a voter, the voting clerk will identify you on the system. You will move to the next clerk who will issue you with 6 stamped ballot papers and direct you to a booth where you will