Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen on Monday visited Trans Nzoia County during the Jukwaa la Usalama chapter.
The CS assessed the civil and mobile ID registrations at the ACC Central Division, Saboti Subcounty grounds.
Trans Nzoia residents turned out in large numbers for the National ID registration exercise.
"I witnessed long lines of first-time ID card applicants who were eager to register for the vital document,’’ Murkomen said.
Murkomen said that as a border county, Trans Nzoia was among the counties that were affected by the extra vetting requirements for obtaining an ID card.
"After President William Ruto abolished both the extra vetting requirements and the fee charged on first-time ID Card applicants this year, more residents are now turning up to register for ID cards."
The government announced that it will soon deploy portable battery-powered machines.
"To reach more unregistered people, we are soon deploying the portable battery-powered Live Capture Unit machines to the grassroots," Murkomen said.
Murkomen was accompanied by DIG-APS Gilbert Masengeli, Secretary of National Registration Dr. Christopher Wanjau, NACADA CEO Anthony Omerikwa, Regional Police Commander Jasper Ombati and Regional Administration Police Commander John Amadadi.
Trans-Nzoia County Commissioner Gideon Oyagi, County Police Commander Paul Wambugu, County AP Commander Charles Lokwang'ar and other senior government officials were also present.
In March, Ruto directed that Kenyans aged 18 and above be issued National Identification (ID) cards free of charge.
The directive reversed a previously gazetted fee hike, which had increased the cost of obtaining an ID for first-time applicants from Sh100 to Sh300 in 2024.
Ruto, who was speaking in Kibra Constituency during his fourth-day tour of Nairobi County, said the move aims to ensure that as many Kenyans as possible secure identification documents.
"I want to announce here in Kibra today that IDs will now be issued free of charge," President Ruto declared.
