East Africa e-passports to be issued in 2018

Terminal 1A at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Countries in the region will start issuing the East African Community electronic passport from January 2018. Picture: File PHOTO | FILE

The issuance of the East African Community electronic passport has been pushed by a year to January 2018, to give Uganda and Tanzania more time to prepare for the rollout.

Only Burundi, Kenya and Rwanda are ready.