Many married women in Nyanza lack IDs

Uncollected Identity cards IDs./FILE
Uncollected Identity cards IDs./FILE

The National Registration Bureau says many married women in Nyanza region lack national IDs.

NRB director Reuben Kimotho said because of outdated cultural practices in which the women’s parents “hoard” them until dowry is paid, many women have ended up without IDs.

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