President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed relevant Government agencies to come up with mechanisms of ensuring that Kenyans in the diaspora are issued with the new generation passports in the countries of their residence.
Speaking at the Windhoek Country club,Namibia where he met Kenyans living in Namibia,President Kenyatta said he saw no reason why Kenyans living outside the country should incur huge financial costs to travel back home to acquire the new passports.
“Form a team that will go from country to country to register Kenyans in the diaspora. No Kenyan should be forced to spend money to travel to Kenya to get passports,” the President directed the relevant government agencies.
Majority of the Kenyan diaspora migrated to Namibia following an MOU signed between the Kenyan and Namibian governments in 2002 through which many health professionals especially nurses secured employment in the Southern Africa country.
The Head of State assured the nurses who are returning to Kenya from Namibia after the end of their contracts that they will get their jobs back when they get back home.
Kenya’s High Commissioner to Namibia Benjamin Lang’at said Kenyans living in Namibia are productive and active in supporting the development of both Kenya and their host country.
President Kenyatta was in Namibia for a State Visit and was the Chief Guest at the 29th Namibia Independence Day celebrations held in Windhoek.
