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The Kenyan Government, through the Immigration Department, introduced new rules requiring Kenyans wishing to apply, renew or replace a Kenyan passport to start the process on ecitizen.go.ke. The same took effect on May 1st 2015. The Kenyan…
The process of getting a Kenyan passport can be simple or it can be a crash course in the workings of the Kenyan immigration bureaucracy. If you’d like the process to be simple, learn the requirements and put together everything you…
If by bad luck, your Kenyan passport is mutilated by water damage or it is torn, then you require a new one to be able to travel. If you have a mutilated Kenyan passport, then you must apply for a new passport. The mutilation could be in…
If your Kenyan passport has filled up, then you must apply for a new passport. This normally happens to regular travellers and if this happens you need to apply for a new one. It is pretty straightfoward and here are the requirements for…
Kenyan passports expire after a period of 10 years and if yours has expired you need to apply for a new one. If your passport expires then you need to apply for a new one. Requirements for applying for a new one are the same as those for…
Safaricom has today adjusted their M-Pesa charges. According to the company, the change was necessitated by the Finance Bill 2018 which raises the excise tax on mobile money from 10% to 15%. The M-Pesa charges have increased by an average…
The 6th edition of the Rusinga Festival will be on December 21 and 22. The annual festival celebrates and aims to preserve the Suba culture and it is hosted on Rusinga Island in Homabay County. The theme for this year”s festival is SPACES,…
Kenyans are now required to apply for a temporary Kenyan passport (temporary permit) online on eCitizen. Kenyans can use temporary passports to travel within East Africa. Process of applying 1. Log onto eCitizen.go.ke and navigate to…
Mobile loans service Mkopo Rahisi has rebranded to Tala in Kenya. The service was launched in Kenya about 2 years ago. It is a product of Inventure which was founded by Shivani Siroya who is also the current CEO. The service formerly known…
Kenyans need to know that they should not wait until the next General Elections are held to exercise their rights to choose their representatives. Guided by the failure of leadership in successive governments, the drafters of the…
For the first time in Kenya, users will now be able to make withdrawals from paypal to a Kenyan bank account. This has been made possible by Equity Bank in conjunction with the First National Bank of South Africa (FNB). To access the…
