Kenyatta said he saw no reason why Kenyans living outside the country should incur huge financial costs to travel back home to acquire the new passports.
Kenyatta spoke at the Windhoek Country Club where he met Kenyans living in Namibia.
“Form a team that will go from country to country to register Kenyans in the diaspora. No Kenyan should be forced to spend money to travel to Kenya to get passports,” he said.
The President was responding to requests by Kenyans who spoke at the meeting and raised concerns over the difficulties those living outside the country undergo to acquire the new document.
Majority of the Kenyan diaspora migrated to Namibia following an MOU signed between the Kenyan and Namibian governments in 2002 through which many health professionals especially nurses secured employment in the Southern Africa country.
Kenyatta assured the nurses who are returning to Kenya from Namibia after the end of their contracts that they will get their jobs back when they get back home.
Kenyatta is in Namibia for a State Visit and was earlier yesterday the Chief Guest at the 29th Namibia Independence Day celebrations held in Windhoek.