On Wednesday, September 16, Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho unveiled plans to conduct a second mass registration exercise for the Huduma Number.
The PS spoke at a hotel in Nairobi, where he conducted a press conference to make the announcement.
Also the government will start rolling out the Huduma Number e-cards before December 2020 after the second registration.
“37 million Kenyans registered for Huduma Namba in 2019. The process is 90% complete, Kenyans will be able to throw away all other cards once Huduma cards are produced.
“Children will now be born straight into Huduma Namba system,” stated PS Kibicho.
Interior Ministry Communications Director Wangui Muchiri stated that the cards will be issued before the end of the year.
“The cards will be produced by the end of the year and that is production not completion, the second registration will be for those individuals who missed out in the previous process.
“Right now I cannot give definite timelines for both the registration and issuing of the cards but more information will be issued soon,” she noted.
This comes a day after Soy MP Caleb Kaitany called for accountability of huduma number funds and the status of its implementation.
“Could the Cabinet Secretary provide the status of the implementation of the Huduma Number whose registration exercise in 2019 was directed as mandatory by the government for all persons?
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