Directorate of Immigration and Registration of Persons, Gordon Kihalangwa, said on a live Twitter chat that tracking individuals’ movements will become easier with the ePassport.

The old ordinary passport was phased out by 31 August 2019 (extended to 1 March 2021) and rendered unusable and cease to being recognized as travel documents.

Children and persons under eighteen years are required to have their own government issued passport separate from the parent.

The pages feature designs with the 'big five game' animals commonly found in Kenyan national parks and reserves: the lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo.

The second page shows the words "East African Community" and "Republic of Kenya" in bold, uppercase letters.

Then the notes read first in English: These are to request and require in the Name of the President of the Republic of Kenya all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer of this pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.And in Swahili: Hii ni kuwaomba na kuwasihi, kwa jina la Rais wa Jamhuri ya Kenya, wote wanohusika, kwa kusudi la kumruhusu mwenye pasi hii kupita bila kizuizi ama kipingamzi chochote na vile vile kumpa msaada na ulinzi wowote ambao utakaoonekana kuwa wa lazima.then in French: Au nom de Son Excellence Monsieur le President de la République de Kenya, nous vous de bien vouloir laisser librement circuler le titulaire de ce passeport et lui prêter main forte et protection en cas de nécessité.

The chip and antenna and are not visually recognized, but their presence is indicated by ICAO bio-metric passport symbol at the bottom.

It carries all the bio-metric data printed on the passport, JPEG file photo, digitally protected by a signature.

This improves the crypto-graphic strength of the basic access control (BAC) mechanism of the RFID chip.