Production of passports has resumed after a technical fault halted production last week. The Registrar-General Clement Masango confirmed t...
Production of passports has resumed after a technical fault
halted production last week. The Registrar-General Clement Masango confirmed
that production started last Friday afternoon.
“The stoppage was as a result of system malfunction. It was
rectified and by Friday afternoon production had resumed. There is, therefore,
no need for members of the public to panic.
“The situation is under control and production of passports
has since resumed after that temporary setback. As a department, we want to
apologise to our stakeholders for the inconvenience that they went through as a
result of that stoppage,” he told The Herald.
Masango denied that passport fees will be increased. “There
have been reports on social media alleging that passport fees will be hiked. That is not true. I am concerned as the Registrar- General that some
people seem to thrive on creating controversy meant to instil alarm and
despondency in society.
“This kind of behaviour must be condemned in the strongest
terms. To members of the public, I would want to say it is not Government
practice to communicate official matters through social media. There are no
plans to revise passport fees upwards as alleged by the social media.”
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