On October 2, 2023, President William Ruto launched a new digital identification card, Maisha Namba, to replace the failed Sh10 billion Huduma Namba project launched by former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
President Ruto criticised the Jubilee Government's project, calling it a complete failure fraud and alleging that the country lost Sh15 billion with little to show for it.
However, if the court finds the claims of software developer Moses Victor Orwa Onyango true, the Kenya Kwanza government's initiative could be costly to taxpayers.
Orwa has moved to court, claiming that the current identification system infringes on the copyright he shared with top government officials, including President William Ruto when he was Deputy President in 2021.
