Nairobi, May 31 -- The report that the main printer at the Immigration Department has broken down, causing delays in the issuance of passports is nothing short of negligence. It should not be allowed.

For more than two months, the machine that produces the travel documents has been out of use.

The State has been relying on a smaller printer as the backlog piles up.

Besides the breakdown and a lack of repairs so far, the production of passports has been hampered by a shortage of booklets.

These developments are unacceptable for a country like Kenya, which spends trillions of shillings per year and prides itself as the most developed in the region.

Immigration and Citizen Services has a budget of Sh1.7 billion in the current fiscal yea...