Kenyans pay higher fees for birth and death certificates
Kenyans have to dig deeper into their pockets to get a birth and death certificate as new charges introduced by the State Department of Immigration and Citizen Services come into effect.
The former Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki published revised fees in a Kenya Gazette supplement, just a month before his inauguration as Deputy President. Both the birth and death registration fees have been increased.
It has increased the registration fee charged for both births and deaths from Ksh. 50 to Ksh. 200 for Kenyans.
Moreover, Kenyans who will seek late registrations for the documents will be forced to pay up to Ksh. 500 for the process, an increase of Ksh. 350 from the previous cost of Ksh. 150. It also means that should anyone lose either document, a replacement will be made at Ksh. 1,000, up from the Ksh. 90 that currently applies.
People will now be required to pay Ksh. 1,000 to rectify any errors, such as typos or missing letters in names, on their documents, up from the previous charge of Ksh. 130.
Citizens living abroad could pay as much as USD150, approximately Ksh. 19,000, to have births registered at Kenyan embassies or consulates.
In another related development, certification of the Principal Registrar’s seal shall cost Ksh. 500 for Kenyans whereas the same service when provided by a Kenyan mission abroad shall go for 100 dollars, that is equivalent to Ksh. 12,950.
The registration of the birth and death of a Kenyan citizen that occurred outside of the country but was recorded in Kenya will cost 1,000 Ksh; meanwhile, the registration for a presumed death now has a charge of 1,500 Ksh from the previous rate of 150 Ksh.
This upward review is implemented by the government to boost its revenues, coinciding with the recent adjustments that raised the fees for obtaining a passport for international travel.
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