Monday, June 15, 2026 - Former Interior Cabinet Secretary, Fred Matiang’i, on Monday, June 15th, distanced himself from the scandal involving the issuance of Kenyan ID cards and passports to foreigners, insisting that the malpractice did not occur under his watch.
Matiang’i said that during his tenure, together with former
ICT CS, Joe Mucheru, he established credible systems to streamline the issuance
of national documents.
“When I was in the Ministry of Interior, we had sorted
out all these things.”
“We had established systems and worked to clean up that
place. Now, things are back to business as usual.”
“I believe that this is something that would not happen
if I were the President.”
“I would deal with it with a measure of courageous
decisiveness that is needed to clean up all this nonsense,” he stated.
The Jubilee presidential aspirant condemned the operation as
criminal and unpatriotic, warning that it could damage the credibility of
Kenya’s travel documents.
“Our passports will be downgraded, our travel documents
are going to be questioned, and the credibility of our identification documents
is now in jeopardy,” he said.
Matiang’i further alleged that the illegal issuance of IDs
to foreign nationals was part of a scheme to manipulate the 2027 General
Elections.
“That cartel of evil that is selling our documents is
driven by the desire to create fictitious numbers and identities to facilitate
voting of even non‑Kenyans during the 2027 General Elections,” he added.
His remarks followed Belgut MP, Nelson Koech’s claim that
Matiang’i should be held accountable, arguing that most documents were issued
in 2022 under his ministry.
This comes after an expose revealed that Somali, Ethiopian,
Ugandan and other nationals obtained Kenyan IDs and passports for Ksh15,000,
bypassing registration procedures.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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