The government has rolled out a new mobile identity cards registration unit to ease the process of providing the critical identification documents to people who have attained 18 years.
Speaking in Lodwar, Turkana county during the Jukwaa la Usalama forum, Interior CS Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen said the new technology will help the over 400,000 people in the county who do not have IFs despite having attained the requisite age.
According to the CS applicants will now be able to get their cards three to seven days after application. "The devices will be taken to the far-flung areas to ensure every person who qualifies for the cards receive the cards so that they can participate in the development of the country," said Murkomen.
He said denying deserving residents the issuance of the identity cards amounted to discrimination and dismissed allegations that the move was targeting to shore up support for the government ahead of 2027 general election.
