No government services to unregistered “Huduma Namba” persons.
You will no longer receive
government services if you are not registered with the “Huduma Namba” that was
rolled out yesterday across 15 counties.
This was revealed by Treasury
Permanent Secretary Kamau Thige during the launch of Huduma Namba’s National Integrated
Identity Management Systems (NIIMS) pilot programme at Kiganjo Estate Thika.
The PS said that the process
was mandatory to all persons above 6 years of age and was part of the
government’ transformation agenda since 2013.
“NIIMS registration will
generate a unique number (Huduma Namba) whose purpose for personal unique
identification to facilitate government services. It captures biometric data of
all citizens and foreigners from the age of six, creates and manages a central
master population register,” explained Thuge.
He added that government’s
agenda had to be informed by an accurate data of its population for efficient
service delivery, national resource management and project infrastructure.
The launch on Monday started
testing the Sh6 billion plan to register 50 million Kenyans for a digital
database.
The 5-days pilot project will
be done in 15 counties, namely Nairobi, Kiambu, Makueni, Uasin Gishu, Embu,
Busia, Kajiado, Baringo, Marsabit, Kilifi, Kisii, Tana River, Embu, Kisumu, and
Wajir.
In Kiambu, it has been
earmarked to take place at Kiganjo Corner One in Kamenu Ward Thika, Kamwangi in
Gatundu North and Rironi in Limuru Constituency.
Mass registration of persons
across the whole country has been scheduled to begin on March 18, 2019 and will
take 30 days.
The number will assist the
government to develop a national biometric population database of all persons
in order to assign a personal unique identification that will help detect and
prevent fraud, impersonation or any other crime.
The mass registration, which
is set to take place will take place in homes, and special institutions like
prisons, hospitals, learning institutions…
For one to be registered,
they are required to be physically present and at least an identification document
such as a Birth Certificate, ID Card, Driving license or a KRA pin.
While speaking at the same
venue, PS Energy Dr. Eng. Joseph K. Njoroge said that the Huduma Namba simply incorporated all
the government registration documents into one for easier identification.
He promised
to follow up the matter of unavailability of the 10 electricity transformers that
had been assigned to Thika but were yet to be delivered since last year.
He appealed
to both Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and the area MP Eng. Patrick Wainaina
co-operate in developing the region especially in regards to taking back Thika
to its heydays when it was the “Birmingham of Kenya”.
On his
part, Eng. Wainaina proposed an amendment to the constitution to revert the
health sector back to the national government acknowledging the fact counties
were too ill equipped to handle challenges of the sector.
“Counties
have been overwhelmed by matters health and it was time the sector was reverted
back to the national government. One of my priorities at the moment is to push
the national government to build a level 4 hospital in Kiganjo due to its high
population and as part of the government BIG AGENDA. It would be very
unfortunate if we get such a facility only for it to face the same fate as
other health facilities across the country,” said the Thika Town MP.
He called
for patience among the residents as the construction BAT-Kiganjo road was due
to kick off in the next two months once the contractor was done with the
Broadway-Athena Road.
He said
that other roads had kicked off and in the next few months, Thika residents
will start reaping the benefits of accessible roads and street lighting
programmes that were ongoing.
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