Also known as: NRB
Government agency implicated in corruption involving illegal issuance of identity documents to foreign nationals, according to June 2026 investigations.
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Capital News
… He added that the government plans to integrate the system with the National Registration Bureau, the Judiciary, the Immigration Department and INTERPOL through legislative and policy reforms to facilitate real-time identity verification, intelligence sharing and cross-border cri …
Police Clearance Certificates to Be Issued Within 24hrs Under New Biometric SystemCapital News
… Murkomen said the government plans to integrate the biometric platform with the National Registration Bureau, the Judiciary, Immigration Department and INTERPOL to facilitate real-time identity verification, intelligence sharing and cross-border investigations. …
CS Murkomen: International Forensic Accreditation to Strengthen Criminal ProsecutionsThe Standard
… However, records at the National Registration Bureau (NRB) paint a different picture. …
Dual citizenship claim raises questions on abducted businessmanThe Standard
… The Cabinet secretary said the Interior Ministry plans to integrate the system with the National Registration Bureau, the Judiciary, the Immigration Department and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) through legislative and policy changes.He said the integra …
Applying for a Good Conduct certificate? New DCI system cuts wait to 24 hoursThe Standard
… Yet again, The Standard newspaper’s investigative unit has exposed a rot so entrenched within the Immigration Department and the National Registration Bureau that one is left wondering whether those in authority actually want it stopped. …
Take action to stop sale of Kenyan identity documentsCitizen Digital
… The report revealed how officials within the Immigration Department and the National Registration Bureau allowed individuals to acquire ID’s through bribery and corruption without proper vetting, scrutiny or verification.
Illegal IDs were issued to foreigners during Matiang’i tenure, MP Koech claimsThe Standard
… For weeks, The Standard infiltrated the dangerous networks and uncovered how rogue officials within the Immigration Department and the National Registration Bureau facilitate this dubious syndicate, allowing nationals from countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Burundi and Uganda t …
Kenyan birthright on auction: Inside illegal issuance of IDs, passports to foreignersThe Standard
… For weeks, The Standard infiltrated the dangerous networks and uncovered how rogue officials within the Immigration Department and the National Registration Bureau facilitate this dubious syndicate, allowing nationals from countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Burundi and Uganda t …
Birthright auction: How foreigners obtain Kenyan IDs, passports at only Sh15,000Citizen Digital
… His fingerprints were subsequently lifted and submitted to the National Registration Bureau for analysis, where he was positively identified as Jeremy Kamau. …
Deaf suspect in court for stealing laptop, baked beans from MP Karauri's homeThe Standard
… They must be stopped.The arrest of five National Registration Bureau officers in January over unlawful issuance of ID cards was a step in the right direction. …
Weed out rogue officers selling Kenyan ID cardsKenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary announced the rollout of a new multi-biometric identification system that will reduce the processing time for police clearance certificates from up to two weeks to 24 hours and expand the fingerprint database capacity from two million to 10 million records.
23 July 2026 · Capital News →
Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary announced the rollout of a new multi-biometric identification system that will reduce the processing time for police clearance certificates from up to two weeks to 24 hours and expand the fingerprint database capacity from two million to 10 million records.
23 July 2026 · Capital News →
Kenya's Forensic Evidence Management Unit has received international accreditation from the ANSI National Accreditation Board, which Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen says will strengthen criminal prosecutions by ensuring evidence is collected, preserved and presented according to international standards. The accreditation is said to mark the first such international accreditation for a Forensic Evidence Management Unit in Africa.
23 July 2026 · Capital News →
A 51-year-old businessman allegedly abducted from Nairobi and deported to South Sudan holds both Kenyan and South Sudanese nationality, according to documents reviewed by The Standard. Amnesty International Kenya and activist Boniface Mwangi have raised concerns about his unlawful removal and current detention at a military facility in Juba.
23 July 2026 · The Standard →
Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations has launched a Multi-Biometric Identification System that will deliver Certificates of Good Conduct within 24 hours, replacing a process that previously took more than two weeks. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen announced the change during the system's official launch on July 23.
23 July 2026 · The Standard →
The Standard's investigation has exposed a corruption syndicate within Kenya's Immigration Department and National Registration Bureau that sells identity cards and passports to foreign nationals, particularly from Somalia, Ethiopia, Burundi, and Uganda, through corrupt officials and brokers. The newspaper warns that fraudulent documents pose security risks, citing past attacks and the case of a Sudanese RSF commander who obtained a Kenyan passport.
16 June 2026 · The Standard →
Belgut MP Nelson Koech claims that Kenyan identification cards were illegally issued to foreign nationals without proper vetting in 2022 during Fred Matiang'i's tenure as Cabinet Secretary under President Uhuru Kenyatta.
15 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Standard reports that rogue networks within the Immigration Department and National Registration Bureau are facilitating the illegal issuance of Kenyan identity cards and passports to nationals from Somalia, Ethiopia, Burundi and Uganda through bribery and corruption, without proper vetting or verification.
15 June 2026 · The Standard →
The Standard reports that foreigners from Somalia, Ethiopia, Burundi, and Uganda are obtaining Kenyan identity documents through rogue networks within the Immigration Department and National Registration Bureau, facilitated by corrupt officials who accept bribes for documents issued without proper vetting.
15 June 2026 · The Standard →
Jeremy Kamau was arraigned in Milimani Law Courts on a burglary charge for allegedly breaking into the Westlands home of Kasarani MP Ronald Karauri on January 18, 2026, and stealing a MacBook Air laptop valued at Ksh.100,000, a can of baked beans, and an energy drink. According to prosecution, Kamau was apprehended by police officers on duty at the residence after he allegedly lunged at an officer, who shot him in the leg.
11 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A Bosnian national received a Kenyan ID card after requesting a residence permit, prompting Justice Roselyne Ekirapa Aburili to warn that weaknesses in the country's registration system threaten citizenship documentation integrity. The editorial reports that wayward officials have long been accused of issuing identification documents to foreigners, with several recent arrests of foreign nationals bearing illegally acquired Kenyan documents.
3 June 2026 · The Standard →
Kenya's High Court issued a landmark ruling that Kenyan law does not expressly prohibit the alteration of sex or gender markers on official documents, finding that the refusal by state agencies to amend the documents of transgender activist Audrey Mbugua Ithibu violated constitutional guarantees on equality, dignity, privacy, freedom of expression and fair administrative action.
20 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has criticised former President Uhuru Kenyatta, calling on him to accord President William Ruto the respect befitting his office, noting that Ruto remained loyal and respectful during his time as Deputy President.
3 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →