About 5M Kenyans so far registered for Huduma Number, says CS Matiang’i.

 Cabinet Secretary in charge of Interior chats with Kisumu Women Rep.Rosa Buyu when he visisted Kisumu today to check the progress of the ongoing huduma number registration.He says about 5million Kenyans have registered for the program-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo

 By Dickson Odhiambo

April 12, 2019.

About 5M Kenyans so far registered for Huduma Number, says CS Matiang’i.

ABOUT 5Million people have so far registered for the Huduma Number across the country, the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Interior and National Government Coordination Fred Matiang’i has said.

Matiang’i said so far the registration has shown tremendous progress in various parts of the country since the exercise kicked off last week in the entire country.

Addressing the public at Jomo Kenyatta Sports when he visited the region to see the progress of the ongoing exercise, Matiang’i directed all the Regional Commissioners, County Commissioners and their assistants and Chiefs together with their assistants to ensure that they mobilize the public to register so as to have the huduma number.

Matiang’i said so far he is impressed with the way the public is registering during the ongoing exercise that targets to register Kenyans so that they can easily access government services.

“So far, I am impressed with the development made during the ongoing registration on Huduma Number and I want to urge all Kenyans to turn up in large numbers for this vital exercise across the country,” he said.

The Interior Cabinet Secretary said the government is looking forward for all its citizens to register under the new system.

Kisumu Governor Prof.Anyang Nyong’o who accompanied the Interior CS urged the residents of the country to turn up in large numbers and register, adding that none should be left out of the exercise at all.

Kisumu Senator Fred Outa who came and registered at the Jomo Kenyatta Sports ground said the service is very much in order as it will help the government to keep the citizen’s documents in one place digitally hence no need to constantly continue carry hard original copies of the documents.  

Huduma Namba, is a free government service and is expected to cost between Sh5 billion and Sh6 billion.

It is conducted by the  National Integrated Identity Management system (NIIMS) and involves collecting biometric data after which the systems generates a unique number (Huduma Namba) which will enable one to access government services.

 Such services include applying for a driving license, ID, birth certificate among others.

The government kicked off pilot testing on Monday across 15 counties including Nairobi, Makueni, Uasin Gishu, Embu, Busia, Kajiado, Baringo, Marsabit, Kilifi, Kisii, Tana River, Embu, Kisumu, and Wajir.

Launching the project, PS, Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government of Kenya, Karanja Kibicho assured Kenyans that they did not have to go to their places of birth to register.

Kenyans are required to carry several documents like the national identity card, KRA personal identification number, driving license, passport and many others.

All these documents are recorded in different databases so Huduma Namba consolidates the information to arrive at the ‘single source of truth’ regarding a Kenyan.

There is no new data the government is looking for only as the difference is that it is digital and biometric.

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