Kenyans have been put in a tight spot after the government announced a plan to triple daily eCitizen collections from the current Ksh 700M to Ksh 2B daily collections.
According to Immigration Principal Secretary Julius Bitok while speaking during the commissioning of the Bungoma Immigration Offices said that the government will have a daily target collections of Ksh 2B from kenyans through eCitizen.
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On how the government will achieve this, the PS noted that more services will be required to be paid for by atleast 300,000 kenyans who seek eCitizen services daily and therefore kenyans will start paying for services they previously got free.
“We are collecting more than Ksh700 million daily revenue. Our target is to collect Ksh2 billion per day and Ksh1.4 trillion per year.”
The PS also assured Bungoma residents that the new eCitizen center will serve locals and will reduce travel costs to Nairobi to obtain various services like dual citizenship and other services.
This comes after the government announced that the delays in Issuance of national IDs has been resolved and announced the Ksh 1000 fee for replacement of lost IDs that will be now referred to Maisha Cards.
“We are experiencing delays due to the high court order that blocked the production of new digital ID cards/Maisha cards. The issue has been resolved, and we are working to reduce the backlog and have your ID ready soon.”
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This among other services that have always been free will be paid for in the government’s quest of raising their target of Ksh 2 billion daily through the eCitizen platform.