KENYANS TO PAY MORE FOR BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES AS GOVT RAISES FEE

It will cost Kenyans more to acquire birth and death certificates after the State effected new fees for various services offered by the State Department of Immigration and Citizen Services.In a special Kenya Gazette supplement issued a month before his ascent to the office of Deputy President, then Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki gazetted the new fees, which include an upward revision of the registration fees for births and deaths, now costing Kenyans Ksh.200, up from Ksh.50.Late registrations will also require Kenyans to pay up to Ksh.500 for the service, an increase of Ksh.350 from the previous Ksh.150. In case of the loss of either document, individuals will have to pay Ksh.1,000, up from the current Ksh.90.The upward review is one of the ways the government is seeking to raise its revenues, with the changes occurring alongside those that increased the fees for acquiring a passport for foreign travel.