NAIROBI, Kenya, July 31 – The Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) generated Sh200 million in the financial year ending last month from passport deliveries.
In 2020, PCK announced that it would start distributing about 50,000 passports amid a backlog of cases at the Immigration Department.
In the deal, Posta was to deliver the travel document to recipents directly at their doorsteps, removing the need to visit physical passport stations for pickuops.
“PCK has generated revenue over Ksh. 200 million from the delivery of passports across the country,” the Ministry of Information, Communication & the Digital Economy said its one-year scorecard.
As part of digitalizing government services on E-Citizen, the Ministry says that Posta is working with the Department of Immigration to offer a one-stop service from ordering a passport to tacking last-mile delivery as a service.
“By December 2023, a postal address/code will be available on the E-Citizen portal inline with the National Addressing implementation plan and digitising postal services,” it added.
In the past year, PCK collected Sh600 million for logistics services offered to the Government.
“PCK has expanded its EMS (Expedited Mail Services) offering and increased new contracts that will see an increase from Ksh.600M in FY 2022/2023 to Ksh.900M in the current year.”
Likewise, it added that Posta is delivering medical-related supplies to medical facilities in collaboration with the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA).
“PCK has completed the first cycle of 50 Trainer of Trainers (ToT) program so that 500 Posta employees become the first-line e-commerce ambassadors at the Post office and within high market density areas,” it said.
“Posta will be equipped to build e-commerce capacity for traders and offer logistical services nationwide.”
