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Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe has confirmed that it has managed to clear a ‘ significant chunk’ of backlog and the machine-readable machines will remain valid until they expire.
In a video seen by Techmag Tv, Minister Kazembe said ” The Central Registry is currently serving approximately plus or minus 1000 people daily who are applying for Electronic passport ( E-passport)”
” We are doing our level best to ensure that the backlog is cleared quicky and sor far we have cleared a big chuck of backlog, ” said Minister Kazembe.
Minister kazembe also said that machine- readable passport will remain in use.
“If we ban the machine- readable passport will not be fair. The machine – readable passports will remain in use until they expire. Moreover those who applied for the old passport will receive their passports,”
The production of the E-passport ushered the country ‘s entry into the era of smart technology in travel and identification documents.
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