The government has started the process of documenting Tanzanian women married to Kenyan men in Taita Taveta County.
County Commissioner Josephine Onunga said this is to ensure that foreign women married in the region are issued with national identity cards to participate in nation building. "There are many cross-border marriages that have been taking place in the county that borders Tanzania, and we are working on programs to make sure that foreign women are documented for the purposes of registration.
The foreign women will soon be recognised and issued with identity cards," confirmed Ms Onunga in Voi town on Wednesday.
The National Government Administration (NGAO) and Immigration Department officers are spearheading the registration process, revealed Onunga. Last year, the foreign women protested to the county government that they had been denied identity cards due to lack of a certificate of registration. "We have grandchildren with my Tanzanian wife, who is still not registered.
