• Matiang’i says his ministry is well prepared to conduct the Huduma Namba registration process in all the 47 counties.
• The High Court on Monday barred the government from issuing registration deadlines.
Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has said the government will deliver on the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) registration before the set May 18 deadline.
Matiang’i said his ministry is well prepared to conduct the Huduma Namba registration process in all the 47 counties.
He said there is already an aligned structure from assistant chiefs to county commissioners to ensure the initiative is successful.
“We will track this progress on a daily basis. We have already hit the 1,000 mark daily target in each of the locations since we started the registration this morning. Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga launched the initiative in Mombasa, Amani leader Musalia Mudavadi in Kajiado, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka in Murang’a, while President Uhuru Kenyatta is with us here in Machakos,” Matiang’i said.
The CS spoke during the official launch of Huduma Namba by President Kenyatta at Masii Boys High School in Mwala, Machakos County, yesterday.
The High Court on Monday okayed the registration but with conditions, among them, that Kenyans will not be forced to register and no government service will be linked to the Huduma Namba until the case is determined.
The government was also barred from issuing registration deadlines.
Matiang'i said the government has allocated adequate resources for the registration.
He said the government depends on chiefs and assistant chiefs in the exercise, and they will get the necessary support. Some 8,500 assistant chiefs have been trained on the registration.
The CS said that 31,500 NIIMS kits have been distributed in the 31,500 sub-locations, with each getting three under five clerks who have also been trained.
He said the registration will take 45 days from yesterday.
He will be updating the President with a progress report at 8pm on a daily basis.
The CS said Kenya is joining other countries in the world such as Australia where one needs only one number to access several services.
“In some countries around the world, you only need your cellphone number to get services. In Kenya you need so many cards among other documents to get services, you need a bag to carry them,” he said.
He said the President wants Kenyans to have only one number to get government services under the Huduma Namba.