The government has launched a nationwide campaign to trace more than half a million Kenyans who have yet to collect their national identity cards following registration.
Principal Secretary for Immigration and Citizen Services Belio Kipsang revealed that 557,930 identification cards were still uncollected across the country.
Speaking before the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security on November 5, Kipsang said the government had enlisted chiefs and assistant chiefs to help locate the applicants and facilitate the collection of their documents.
The local administrators are expected to sensitise residents and identify individuals whose identification cards remain at registration centres.
The initiative seeks to improve access to essential government services by ensuring that eligible citizens obtain their identification documents.
Kipsang also disclosed that the government had invested in live-capture machines to improve the processing and production of identity cards.
The campaign comes amid ongoing efforts to improve civil registration services and ensure that more Kenyans can access government services that require official identification.
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